Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe nrite mbụ ya (ọla nchara 3000 m) sitere na 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Ọ nọchitere anya Soviet Union n'afọ ahụ na Summer Olympics ma bụrụ onye ikpeazụ. Ihe nrite ọla nchara ndị ọzọ sochiri na
1989 European Cup mgbe ahụ 1990 Goodwill Games. Ọ ga-emecha nweta ọla nchara ọzọ, karịa 10,000 m, na 1992 IAAF World Cup.