Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I puta a Mekhissi-Benabbad i tana whakaaturanga tuatahi hei kaitakaro rangatahi i te tau 2004, i rere i te 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, i reira ia i 61 i te whakataetae rangatahi, i te 2004 World Junior Championships i reira i whakakorea ai ia i nga wera o te 3000 m steeplechase. I oma ia i te 1500 mita i te whakataetae Pakeha 2006
, i oti ai ia i te tuawaru. I tohu a Mekhissi-Benabbad i a France i te Ipu o te Ao IAAF 2006, engari i eke ia ki te tuawaru i te huihuinga 1500 m.