Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko te hononga hakinakina Kenyan, Athletics Kenya, kaore i tautoko i a ia i te tuatahi, i te whakaaro he iti rawa a Loroupe, he ngoikore rawa. Heoi, i muri i tana wikitoria i te whakataetae hiko kore i te tau 1988, ka huri tenei. I tiimata ia ki te whakangungu ki te whakataetae a-ao i te tau e whai ake nei, ka whiwhi i ana hu takaro tuatahi i te 1989, i mau ia mo nga whakataetae tino pakeke. I tohua ia mo te whakataetae rangatahi o te 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ka mutu i te 28th. I whakataetae ano ia i te 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, ka mutu i te tekau mā ono i te whakataetae rangatahi.