Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te tau 1998 te wā tino kaha o tana mahi. I tiimata ia me te ahua i te 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, engari kaore i oti te tawhiti. I riro i a ia te mētara tuatahi o tana mahi i te
Ko te 1998 European Cup, ka mutu ko te tuatoru i roto i te 5000 mita mo te mētara parahi. I whakapaihia e ia te rekoata French mo te huihuinga e rua i taua tau: i te tuatahi i oma ia i te 15:16.13 meneti i te Huihuinga Gaz de France i Paris, katahi ka pai ake ki te 15:11.26 meneti i te Golden Gala i Roma. I whiriwhiria ia hei tohu mo France i te 1998 European Athletics Championships engari kaore ia i oti i te whakataetae. I whakaatuhia e ia i te Whakataunga Whakataunga Whakataunga IAAF 1998 i Moscow, a, ko te tuawaru i te 5000 m.