in november she was runner-up to linet masai at the cross de atapuerca race, then ran a new best of 1:07:27 hours at the delhi half marathon, finishing in fourth place. her first race of 2012 saw her win the houston half marathon with a course record time of 1:08:26 hours (also a texas state record). she greatly improved her 10,000 metres track best at the prefontaine classic in june, running a time of 30:26.70 minutes to take third place. this gained her a place on the ethiopian team for the 2012 london olympics and she managed to finish fifth in the 10,000 metres final.