Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I hoki mai ia ki te ahua pai i te tau 2008: i wikitoria ia i te taitara whakawhiti whenua rangatahi a-motu engari i kii (i runga i tana 2007 rawakore) "I etahi raru whaiaro kaore au e hiahia ki te korero. Kei te tīari tonu ngā raruraru engari e tūmanako ana au ka taea te whakatau". I te 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
I whakakahoretia e ia te maumahara o tana tau o mua mā te riro hei toa rangatahi o te ao, mā te whakamahi i tētahi huinga o ngā rautaki me te whakaoti tere ki te wikitōria i te whakataetae. Na tenei i whakaoti i te kopikopiko o Etiopia o nga taitara e wha katoa i te toa. Ko te tangohanga o Kenenisa Bekele mai i te 2008 African Championships i roto i te Athletics i waiho i tetahi waahi i whakakiia e Ibrahim. I uru ia ki tetahi roopu tokotoru-tangata o Etiopia mo nga mētara, i riro i a ia te hiriwa i muri i a Gebregziabher Gebremariam.