Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko tana mētara nui tuatahi (he parahi 3000 m) i tae mai i te 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships. I tohu ia i te Soviet Union i muri mai i taua tau i nga Orimipia Raumati a he haurua whakamutunga ia. I whai ake i ētahi atu mētara parahi i te 1989 European Cup
kātahi ko te 1990 Goodwill Games. I muri mai ka riro i a ia tetahi parahi, neke atu i te 10,000 m, i te 1992 IAAF World Cup.