Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tuatahi, kaore i tautokohia ia e te rēhita hākinakina Kenyan, Athletics Kenya, i te whakaaro he iti rawa a Loroupe, he ngoikore rawa hoki. Heoi, i muri i tana wikitoria i te whakataetae hiko kore i te tau 1988, ka huri tenei. I tiimata ia ki te whakangungu ki te whakataetae a-ao i te tau e whai ake nei, ka whiwhi i ana hu takaro tuatahi i te 1989, i mau ia mo nga whakataetae tino pakeke. I whakaingoatia ia mō te whakataetae rangatahi o te
Ko te 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships e mutu ana i te 28th. I whakataetae ano ia i te 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ka mutu i te 16 i te whakataetae rangatahi.