Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Nā ngā taumata poke o te hau o Beijing, i whakatau a Haile ki te whakamutu i te marathon
i ngā Orimipia o Beijing 2008. E mate ana ia i te mate pukupuku, ā, e mea ana ka kino pea te rere i roto i aua āhuatanga ki tōna hauora. I whakaae a Haile i muri mai i pouri ia ki te whakatau na te mea he ma ake te hau o Beijing i te mea i whakaarohia. Heoi, i oma ia i te 10,000 mita i te 17 o Akuhata, ka mutu te tuaono me te waa 27:06.68. I riro te mētara koura ki tana tangata whenua me te kaipupuri rekoata o te ao, a Kenenisa Bekele me te 27: 01:17 te wa wikitoria o te rekoata o te Olympics. I te marama e whai ake nei, i te 28 o Hepetema 2008, i tiakina e ia tana taitara Marathon o Berlin, i te toharite 2:56.5 ia kiromita (4:43.7 ia maero) mo te waa 2:03:59, ka pakaru i tana ake rekoata o te ao mo te 27 hēkona.