Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko tana angitu nui i tae mai i te 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games, i reira i riro ai ia i te mētara parahi i te 3000 m me te rere o te 7:57.92 meneti. Ko ia tetahi o nga toa toa Czechoslovak tokotoru i reira, i te taha o Jan Leitner me Remigius Machura. I te tau e whai ake nei ka tiimata ia i te 1986 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, katahi ka mutu te 5000 m me te 10,000 mita i te 1986 European Athletics Championships. I rere ia i etahi atu whakataetae nui e rua i muri mai, i uru ki te kapa motu mo te 1990
me te 1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.