Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te tohu tuatahi a Kipyego i te ao nui i te wa o te taiohi i te
2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, i reira i riro ai i a ia te mētara hiriwa i te whakataetae rangatahi hei hanga i tetahi kopae o nga mētara o Kenya, i te taha o Augustine Choge me Barnabas Kosgei. I te 2007 World Cross Country Championships i wini ia i te mētara parahi i te whakataetae pakeke, i te wa i wini ai te kapa Kenya i uru atu ai ia ki te whakataetae kapa. I te tau 2008 i mutu ia i te tekau o nga takitahi, ka wini i tetahi atu tohu koura a te roopu. I whakataetae hoki ia i te Whakataunga Whakataunga Whakataetae o te Ao IAAF i tera tau, i te tuarima o nga mita 5000 i runga i te ara.