Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I timata a Rutto i tana mahi i roto i nga hakinakina hei kaiwhaiwhai. I wikitoria ia i te mētara koura i te 2000 m steeplechase i te IAAF World Youth Championships me te whakatakoto i te wa pai o te ao mo te taiohi o te 5:30.27, te whakarereke i te rekoata a te kaihaerere Soviet a Mykola Matyushenko, kaore i pakaru mo te tata ki te rua tekau tau. I whakaatuhia e Rutto tana kaha ki tetahi atu rekoata tere o te 5:27.64 i te huihuinga e rua marama i muri mai i Liège. I oma ia i te whakataetae rangatahi i te
2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ka mutu i te whitu o nga waahi, hei waahanga o te roopu rangatahi toa o Kenya. I hoki mai ia ki te whai i te huarahi i muri mai i taua wa, ka hangaia i runga i tana taitara taiohi me te wikitoria i te 2004 World Junior Championships i roto i te Athletics, i reira i tutuki ai ia i te pai ake o te 8: 23.32 mo te 3000 m steeplechase. I hinga ia i a Musa Amer Obaid me te tere ki te raina ki te haere tonu i te rerenga kore o Kenya i te whakataetae.