Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Zersenay enweghị ike ịbanye na podium maka oge nke abụọ na 2006 World Cross Country Championships
, mana ebe nke anọ ọ nọrọ mere ka ndị otu Eritrea nweta ọla ọcha n'asọmpi otu. N'ọnwa na-eso ya, Zersenay meriri ma Fabiano Joseph na Boniface Kiprop iji merie Great Manchester Run. Ọ gbara ọsọ ruo na ngwụcha nke 27:36; ihe ndekọ Eritrea na nke abụọ kachasị ọsọ n'afọ ahụ. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ ahụ, ọ mere nke ọma karịa nke 10,000 m kacha mma na Ncheta Van Damme; oge ya nke 26:37.25 kụrụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ sekọnd iri atọ site na akara ya gara aga iji mee ka ọ bụrụ onye nke asatọ kachasị ọsọ, mana ọ ka na-agwụ n'azụ onye na-apụta Micah Kogo onye gbara ọsọ nke iri kachasị ọsọ. Oge kachasị mma nke 59:16 nke Zersenay mere na Rotterdam Half Marathon tụnyere ihe ndekọ Samuel Wanjiru na-egosi nke ọma maka agbụrụ mmeri na-abịanụ.