Tuhia he tohumate mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakatuwheratia e ia te tau 2005 me te wikitoria tuarua i te European Clubs' Cross Country Cup. I riro i a ia tana mētara tuatahi o te Ao Cross Country Championship i muri tata mai, ka mutu i te tuarua ki a Bekele ki te tango hiriwa i te putanga o te tau 2005
He aha? I runga i te ara, i tuhia e ia he 5000 m whaiaro pai rawa atu i te Qatar Grand Prix i Doha, ka tohu ki te whakataetae i nga Whakataetae o te Ao i te 5000 me te 10,000 mita. I nga Whakataetae o te Ao 2005, i pakaru i a ia te rekoata a motu i te 10,000 mita whakamutunga, engari ko tana waa 27:12.82 i eke ki te tuaono. Ko te mutunga o te 5000 mita kaore i roa mo te Eritrean i te mea i mutu ia i te tuarua o te tuunga. I mutu ia i te wa i runga i te tohu pai, heoi, i te whakapai ake i tana 10,000 m pai ki te 27:04.70 i te Whakamaumahara Van Damme, me te wikitoria i te Great North Run me te wa pai o te ao 59:05 <unk> koinei tana tuarua o te haerenga i runga i te hawhe marathon tawhiti.