Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tae noa ki te 1998 i uru atu a Kenteris ki ana whakataetae nui tuatahi o te ao, i te wa i riro ai ia i te 9th (whawhe whakamutunga) i roto i te 400 m (45.74) me te 4 × 400 m relay (3:06.48) i te 1998 European Championships i Budapest. I riro hoki ia i te 7th i te 1998 IAAF World Cup i Johannesburg, i te 4 × 400 m relay (3:03.95), e tohu ana i te roopu Pakeha. I te tau 1999, i haere tonu ia ma te wikitoria i te 200 m (20.60) me te 400 m (45.82) mētara koura i te 1999 Greek Athletics Championships i Athens. Ko tana angitu tuatahi i Uropi i te wa i riro i a ia te mētara parahi 400 m i te
Ko te 1999 European Cup i Paris me te waa 45.66. Ahakoa i whakakorea a Kenteris i roto i te 400 mita o nga whakataetae o te ao o roto, i hoki mai ia i taua raumati hei 200 mita i te Whakataetae o te Ao i waho i Seville. I wikitoria a Kenteris i tana waahanga # 5, i hinga i te rangatira o te rekoata o te ao 100 mita a Maurice Greene, engari kaore i tiimata i nga hauwhā-mutunga na te whara. I te tau e whai ake nei, i wikitoria a Kenteris i te koura 4 × 100 m relay (40.46) i te 2000 Greek Athletics Championships i Athens, me te 4 × 100 m relay hiriwa (38.67) me te 200 m parahi (20.48) i te 2000 European Cup i Gateshead.