[1] In 2002 she started training with male athletes at night playing basketball and racing.

She and Damba Jarju were the Gambia's first Paralympians and in 2015 Sulayman Colley, who was the President of the Gambia National Paralympic Committee was hoping to send six athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics,[4] but this did not happen.

[6][7] Many disabled people in the Gambia have to beg each day and travel is difficult as taxi and auto rickshaw drivers consider a wheelchair to be too much trouble.

The position for people with disabilities was especially difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, since they could not beg while staying at home.

[8] Nyang planned to compete again in 2020,[1] but only two athletes were sent to represent the Gambia at the Paralympics.