Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakataetae a Weidlinger i te whakataetae whakawhiti whenua o Cinque Mulini i te tīmatanga o te tau 2008 ā, i tutuki ia ki te tūnga tuaono. I whakaturia e ia nga rekoata a motu hou e rua i te marama o Mei o taua tau: tuatahi, i oma ia i te 27:36.46 i te 10,000 mita i te Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational i Palo Alto, California, i te tuarua i muri i a Craig Mottram. I whakaturia e ia he rekoata 10 km o Ahitereiria i te Great Manchester Run: ko tana wa wikitoria mo te 28:10 i ranea ki te pupuri i a Serhiy Lebid me Mustafa Mohamed i te raina mutunga. I wikitoria a Weidlinger i te Rōpū A 5000 m mo te wa tuarua i te 2008 European Cup
He aha? I whakataetae ia i te 10,000 m i te 2008 Summer Olympics i Beijing a ka mutu i te 27th i te wa o 28:14.38. Na tenei i eke ai ia ki te tuarima o nga Pakeha pai rawa atu i roto i te kaupapa. I te Mahuru 1, 2008 i wikitoria ia i te whakataetae Nike Human Race 10K me te waa 29:25 i a ia e rere ana i Munich, Tiamana.