Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1997, akapedza ari pachinzvimbo chechi11 pakumhanya kwemamita 10 000 kwevarume paEuropean U23 Championships. Inenge mwedzi gare gare, akapedza ari panzvimbo yechi 15 muhafu yemarathon yevarume pa1997 Summer Universiade. Mumatsutso, akapedza IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ya1997
muna 1:03:41. Pa1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, akamhanyisa zvirinani muhupenyu hwe1: 02:11, izvo zvaive zvakanaka kunzvimbo yechi20 mumunda wakadzika. Akakunda mujaho wevarume paYugoslavia "Beli Kros" muna 1999.