Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe ịga nke ọma kasịnụ o nwere bụ na 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games, bụ́ ebe o nwetara ihe nrite ọla nchara n'ọsọ mita 3,000 mgbe o ji minit 7:57.92 gbaa ọsọ. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị Czechoslovak atọ nwetara ihe nrite ebe ahụ, yana onye na-awụli elu Jan Leitner na onye na-agbapụ ihe Remigius Machura. N'afọ na-eso ya, ọ mere mpụta mbụ ya na 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championship, mgbe ahụ ọ bụ 5000 m na 10,000 mita ikpeazụ na 1986 European Athletics Championship. Ọ gbara ọsọ naanị asọmpi mba ụwa abụọ ọzọ mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, bụrụ akụkụ nke ndị otu mba maka 1990 na
1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.