Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohu a Kirwa i tana whenua whāngai, i a Finland, i te 2008 Summer Olympics i Beijing, i reira i whakataetae ai ia mō te kapa
te marathon tāne. I angitu ia ki te whakaoti i te whakataetae i te tekau ma wha o nga wa e rua tekau ma rua hēkona i muri i te Paniora a José Manuel Martínez, i tua atu i tana wa pai rawa atu mo te 2:14:22.