Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakubuda kwake kwechipiri pachikuva cheOlympic akasvika 1500 m, achitora chechinomwe paMitambo yeSydney ya2000. Mushure mekuita uku akamhanya akanakisa 1500 m yebasa rake pamusangano weHerculis kuMonaco, achipedza chinhambwe munguva ye3: 31.48 maminetsi. Kubva muna 2001 kusvika muna 2003, akatanga kumhanya mumamita 3000 uye akahwina mukombe wenyika muna 2001 uye menduru yesirivheri paEuropean Cup muna 2001
. Kuoneka kwake kwokupedzisira pachikuva chenyika kwakauya pa 2001 World Championships in Athletics, asi haana kukwanisa kupedza mukupisa kwake. Akasiya basa muna 2003.