She obtained the British citizenship during her early career which was at the half way mark as a track and field athlete and now currently lives in Wales.

[5] She also made her Asian Games debut in the same year representing Sri Lanka and competed in the women's long jump event.

However she felt displeasure on the selectors over her exclusion from the Sri Lankan contingent for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and left the country to pursue her athletics career in Great Britain.

Sri Lankan selection committee later convinced her to take part at the 2006 Asian Games while she was in UK to compete in the 4 × 100 m relay category as a replacement for sprinter Jani Chathurangani at that time who was banned from participating in international competitions due to doping scandal.

On 31 May 2011, during the 2011 Golden Spike Ostrava competition, she set Sri Lankan and Asian records in the women's 100yard category which was held in Czech Republic.