Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọpụpụ mbụ ya na nnukwu ihe omume bụ na
2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Ọ gbara nke itoolu n'ọsọ ndị na-eto eto wee kesaa ọla ọcha ọla ọcha n'akụkụ onye mmeri agbụrụ Gebregziabher Gebremariam. Afọ abụọ ka e mesịrị, ọ malitere inwe mmetụta na ọkwa ndị okenye site na mmeri ọla ọcha na mita 10,000 na 2004 African Championships na Athletics n'azụ Charles Kamathi. A họpụtara ya ka ọ nọchite anya Etiopia na 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ma ọ nọrọ n'ọnọdụ nke iri. Ọ gara nke ọma n'ọnwa na-eso ya mgbe o nyeere obodo ya aka imeri na International Chiba Ekiden na Japan wee merie na Great Ethiopian Run na oge ndekọ oge. Dinkesa mechiri afọ ahụ site na mmeri na Iris Lotto Cross Cup na Belgium.