Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Donnelly akatanga kudzidzisa uye kubatsira timu yenyika yeVietnam yekukwasva muna 2010 zvichitevera kusangana netsaona nevatyairi veVietnamese paakanga ari muzororo munyika muna 2009. Kubatanidzwa kwake pachake mumutambo muVietnam kwakaita kuti nyika ikwanise kukwikwidza mumakwikwi evakadzi
vakakunda kaviri muLondon muna 2012. Phạm Thị Hài naPhạm Thị Thảo ndivo vaive vekutanga veVietnamese kuti vakwanise kuenda kumitambo yeOlympic. Munguva yeOlympia yakatevera Donnelly akabatsira mukugadzirwa kwechirongwa chenyika chekudzidzisa, zvichigonesa mukadzi weVietnamese akareruka kaviri scull akakwasva naTạ Thanh Huyền naHồ Thị Lý kuti vakwanise uye vakwikwidze kuRio 2016. Kubudirira kwavo muna 2016 kwakawanikwa pamusana pemenduru dzegoridhe sere dzakakundwa nezvikwata zveVietnamese mu2015 Southeast Asian Games.