Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: 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 tēnei i tētahi whakapainga poto o te āhua mō te mea ka waiho hei haerenga whakamutunga o te ao ki te
Ko te 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. 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.