Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I timata ia i te ao i roto i te 3000 mita i te 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, i te tekau ma rua i te whakamutunga. Ko tētahi atu putanga i te
Ko nga Whakataetae o te Ao Cross Country i kawea mai e ia tetahi atu parahi kapa, ahakoa i eke ia ki te 23 o nga waahi i taua wa. I puta tana ahua ki taua whakataetae i runga i te tono a te kaiwhakahaere o te kapa Moroccan a ka uru ia ki te whakarite noa mo tana timatanga tata ki te tawhiti marathon. I muri i te whakangungu a te toa Olympic o mua a Brahim Boutayeb, i uru ia ki te Rotterdam Marathon i te marama i muri mai, i rere i te wa 2:09:15 mo te tuaono. Whai muri i tana wikitoria i te hawhe marathon i Johannesburg, ka uru ia ki te whakataetae marathon i te 2003 World Championships in Athletics. Ahakoa koinei anake tana putanga tuarua i runga i te tawhiti, i kite ia i a Michael Kosgei Rotich me Julio Rey ki te arahi i nga waahanga whakamutunga me te wikitoria i te mētara koura i roto i te wa rekoata o te 2:08:31.