Donnelly akatanga kudzidzisa nekubatsira timu yenyika yeVietnam yekukweva muna 2010 zvichitevera kusangana netsaona nevatambi veVietnamese paakanga ari muzororo munyika muna 2009. Kubatanidzwa kwake mumutambo uyu muVietnam kwakaita kuti nyika ikwanise kupinda mumakwikwi evakadzi veLightweight double scull kuLondon 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, zvichibvumira mukadzi weVietnamese akareruka kaviri scull
vakakwasva naTạ Thanh Huyền naHồ Thị Lý kuti vakwanise kukwikwidza kuRio 2016. Kubudirira kwavo muna 2016 kwakawanikwa pamusana pemenduru dzegoridhe sere dzakakundwa nezvikwata zveVietnamese mu2015 Southeast Asian Games.