Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Heoi, i hoki mai ia, i te tango hiriwa i te 10,000 mita i te 2009 World Championships i Athletics, ka mutu i muri i a Kenenisa Bekele. I arahi a Zersenay mo te waahanga nui o te whakataetae, he tere te tere, engari i whiua ia ki te koura na te mutunga o Bekele. Whai muri i tēnei, ka riro i a ia tana tuatoru
Ko te taitara haurua marathon o te Ao, e whakatakoto ana i te rekoata o te 59:35 me te wikitoria i te mētara hiriwa me Eritrea i te whakataetae roopu. Ko te mētara koura i runga i te tawhiti hawhe marathon i riro ia ia te rua o nga kaihauturu i toa i te mētara o te Ao i te whenua whakawhiti, te ara me te huarahi i te tau kotahi, he mahi i tutuki i mua i a Paul Tergat anake.