Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei rarangi - I te 1988 Cross de San Sebastián i whawhai a Bekele ki a John Ngugi i te mutunga o te sprint, engari i mutu te whakataetae hei kaihauturu i muri i te toa o te ao. I tohu tenei i te whakapainga poto o te ahua mo te mea ko tana haerenga whakamutunga o te ao i te 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
He aha? I taua huihuinga i tu ki Stavanger ka mutu ia i te tekau ma toru, me Tesfaye Tafa, ka arahina e ia a Etiopia ki te tuatoru o nga whakataetae kapa.