 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Semutambi wechidiki Abitova akapedza yegumi neimwe mumamita 3000 pa1999 World Youth Championships. Akatanga kumhanya mhiri kwemakungwa uye mushure mekutora chikamu mu2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships akawana nzvimbo yechina mumakwikwi evadiki pa2005 European Cross Country Championships, achibatsira chikwata chechiduku cheRussia kuwana menduru yegoridhe. Akakunda Belgrade Marathon muna 2005, achipedza nenguva ya 2:38:20, uye akamhanya pa2005 European Cross Country Championships, achitora nzvimbo yechinomwe uye achitungamirira vakadzi veRussia kune goridhe rechikwata. 