Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na 26 Ọgọstụ 2001, ọ gbara ọkara Marathon mbụ ya (mmeri 16 n'ime 20) wee merie na 1:04:34. N'afọ 2001 kwa, Haile meriri asọmpi IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
nakwa ọla nchara na mita 10,000 na 2001 World Championships na Athletics. N'otu afọ ahụ, ọ tụpụtara Great Ethiopian Run na Peter Middlebrook, nke Brendan Foster, onye na-agba ọsọ Britain Richard Nerurkar na onye nnọchi anya Britain na Ethiopia Myles Wickstead kwadoro.