Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko tana haerenga tuatahi ki te ao hākinakina i puta i te tau 2002, i a ia e haere ana ki te
2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships i Dublin. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia e te IAAF i te tau 2002. Ahakoa i mau ia i nga hu e kore e tika ana, a, he mea miharo ki te whakarongo ki te pupuhi tiimata mo te wa tuatahi, i taea e ia te mutu i te 30 o nga wa me te waa 36 meneti me te 37 hēkona. Heoi, i noho ia i tawhiti atu i te toa a Kenenisa Bekele. I whakataetae ia i tana tuatahi IAAF World Half Marathon Championships i te marama o Mei o taua tau, ka mutu i waho o nga kaikawe e rua tekau me te waa 1:03:05. I whakataetae ia i runga i te ara i te African Athletics Championships, i te takiwa tuaono i te 10,000 mita i Radès, Tunisia, ka mutu te tau tuatahi.