Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te 26 o Akuhata 2001, i oma ia i tana haurua tuatahi o te Marathon (16 toa mai i te 20) ka wikitoria i te 1:04:34. I te tau 2001, i toa a Haile i te IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
me te mētara parahi i te 10,000 mita i te 2001 World Championships i roto i Athletics. I taua tau ano, i whakaarohia e ia te Great Ethiopian Run me Peter Middlebrook, i tautokohia e Brendan Foster, te kaihauturu o Ingarangi a Richard Nerurkar te karere o Ingarangi ki Etiopia a Myles Wickstead.