Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - E tolu taaloga faavaomalo na faia e Wei i le vaitau o le 1997. Amata i le 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, na tuu ai o ia i le tulaga 41 e taʻitaʻia le au a tamaʻitaʻi Saina i le tulaga 13. Ina ua maeʻa se asiasiga manuia i Iapani, manumalo i le Osaka Grand Prix, Shizuoka International Meet ma Oda Memorial, na avea ai o ia ma filifiliga a Saina mo Taʻaloga a Asia i Sasaʻe <unk> o ia o se siamupini siliva i le 5000 m, na toʻilalo ai ia Harumi Hiroyama. I lana malaga mulimuli, na ia tulaga iva ai i le 5000 mita i le 1997 World Championships i Athletics.