Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ebe ọ bụ na o si n'ógbè Bale, dị n'Etiopia, ọ malitere inwe mmasị n'ịgba ọsọ mgbe ọ hụrụ ka onye obodo ya bụ́ Haile Gebrselassie meriri Paul Tergat wee nweta ọlaedo n'egwuregwu Olimpik e mere na Sydney n'afọ 2000. Ọ malitere ịsọ mpi mba ụwa maka obodo ya mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii wee merie ọla ọcha ọla ọcha nke mita 3000 na 2005 World Youth Championships na Athletics, na-agwụcha n'azụ onye obodo ya Abreham Cherkos. N'ọnwa Nọvemba ahụ, ọ gbara asọmpi na Great Ethiopian Run wee bụrụ onye nke anọ, na-etinye ụzọ kachasị mma nke kilomita 10 nke 28:45.99. N'afọ na-eso ya, o nwetara ebe nke ise n'ọsọ ndị ntorobịa n'asọmpi
2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, na-enyere ndị ntorobịa Etiopia, nke Tariku Bekele duziri, aka inweta ọla ọcha. Ihe ịga nke ọma n'okporo ụzọ na-esote ngwa ngwa ka o meriri aha Etiopia na mita 10,000, na-eti Tadesse Tola, wee merie ọla edo na ihe omume ahụ na 2006 World Junior Championships na Athletics Ọ sonyere na 10,000 m na Memorial van Damme na Brussels ma bụrụ onye nke anọ n'ọhịa dị elu, na-esetịpụrụ ndị ntorobịa ụwa kachasị mma nke 27:02.81 na usoro ahụ.