Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I puta ia hei kaumatua i te tau e whai ake nei, i te tango i te parahi i te whakataetae poto i te 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
me te āwhina i a Kenya ki te mētara koura kapa. I arahina hoki e ia a Kenya ki te wikitoria a te roopu i te IAAF World Road Relay Championships i Manaus i te Paenga-whawha. Ko ia te tuawha o nga kaitakaro tere rawa i te ao i taua tau i roto i te steeplechase. I tiimata ano ia ki te whai waahi ki nga whakataetae rere ara, ka wikitoria i te 10 km BOclassic i te mutunga o te tau. I pai ake ia ki te tohu mētara hiriwa i te 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ka mutu i muri i a Paul Tergat ki te awhina i a Kenya ki te wikitoria o te roopu. I tohu ia i tona whenua i runga i te ara i te 1999 World Championships i roto i Athletics i Seville, i reira ko ia te tuawhitu i roto i te tangata o te steeplechase. I kati ia i tana wa o te ara me te tuarima o nga waahi i te 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final.