Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 2009 World Cross Country Championships ka mutu ia i te tekau mā ono i te whakataetae pakeke. I riro i te kapa Eritrean nga mētara parahi i te whakataetae kapa. I whakaoti ia i te tuarima i te 2009 World Half Marathon Championships
, me te whakataetae i roto i te 5000 mita i te 2009 World Championships. Ko te tuarima o nga waahi i te 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships i whiwhi ia i te mētara hiriwa a te roopu i te taha o Zersenay Tadese. I riro ia i te tuatoru i te Cross Valle de Llodio i te marama o Noema i muri i tana hoa whenua a Teklemariam Medhin.