Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - He wikitoria nui tana i te IAAF World Road Running Championships 2006
i Debrecen, Hungary, ka mutu te 20 km i roto i te 56:01 <unk> he wa i tuarua ki te rekoata o te ao a Haile Gebrselassie, a e wha tekau hēkona tere atu i te toa hiriwa a Robert Kipchumba. Koinei te wa tuatahi i riro ai i tetahi Eritrean tetahi taitara nui o te ao i roto i te hakinakina. I te mea kaore a Zersenay i kaha ki te whakaoti i te tere tere (he mea nui mo te angitu i runga i te ara) i kii nga kaitohutohu ko te neke ki te tawhiti marathon he tino ahunga whakamua o te mahi, engari i whakaitihia e ia te whakaaro, e kii ana kaore ia e huri i nga tawhiti i roto i te wa tata. I katia e ia te wa ki te rere i te whakataetae huarahi 10 km i te po o te Tau Hou: te San Silvestre Vallecana i Madrid. I whakawhiwhia a Zersenay me Eliud Kipchoge ki te wa kotahi o te 26:54, engari i panuitia a Kipchoge hei toa o te whakataetae. Ahakoa he tere ake tenei i te rekoata o te ao a Haile Gebrselassie mo te 27:02 i taua wa, kaore i taea te whakamana na te mea i whai hua nga kaihauturu mai i te ara o te whakataetae.