Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko ia te tuawaru i te whakataetae roa me te tuawha i te whakataetae poto i te 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, e arahi ana i a Qatar ki te parahi kapa i nga wa e rua. I runga i te ara i muri mai i taua tau ka riro ia hei toa o te ao ki te wikitoria i te 2005 World Championships in Athletics, ka hinga i ona hoa whawhai o Kenya a Kemboi me Kipruto. I tiimata ia i te tau e whai ake nei ma te rere i tetahi rekoata a-Ahia ki te wikitoria i te 3000 mita koura i te 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. I te neke atu ki te atamira o te ao, i oma ia i te huihuinga i te 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships ka riro i a ia te mētara hiriwa, ka ngaro ki a Kenenisa Bekele e rua hēkona. Koinei tana mētara tuatahi o te ao i roto i te whare engari kaore ia i koa ki ana rautaki whakataetae: "Kare i tino mohio ahau. I mōhio au i te wā ka tīmata a Kenenisa i tana patunga, ā, i whakamahere ahau kia tata atu ahau ki a ia i taua wā. Engari ehara i te mea ko au".