 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kudzoka kwake muchimiro kwakauya mumwaka wa1998. Akatora zita rechipiri renyika mubasa rake, achitungamirira munda nekubviswa kwe. Akawanazve nzvimbo yake somunhu akakurumbira kudonha mukondinendi nokukunda menduru yegoridhe pa1998 Asian Athletics Championships muna July, achiwana zviri nani Lee Jin-Taek weSouth Korea uye Malaysian Loo Kum Zee. Kukunda kwake kwakanga kuri pakati pezvakanakisisa zvebasa rake uye kuita kwakanakisisa pamakwikwi kubvira Zhu Jianhuas 1983 kukunda. Akaedza kutora zita rake rechipiri renyika yegore pa1998 Asian Gamesasi kusvetuka kwake mufainari hakuna kukwana kukunda Lee uye akapedza nemenduru yesirivha. Mumutambo wake wokupedzisira wenyika yose gore iroro, akaisa wechishanu weAsia pa1998 IAAF World Cup. 