Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1984, ya kasance mai neman lambar yabo ta mita 5000 don wasannin Olympics a Los Angeles, ya gama na biyu a Florence a bayan Said Aouita a cikin lokaci na minti 13:10.08 (na huɗu a cikin jerin shekara-shekara), amma bai sami damar shiga gasar Olympics ba saboda haramcin Habasha. A Wasannin Abokantaka a Moscow, Bulti ya zo na uku a mita 5000 kuma na biyu a mita 10,000, ya karya shingen minti 28. Bayan wadannan wasanni, Wodajo ya fashe a shekarar 1985 kuma ya bude kakar wasa tare da lambar tagulla a gasar cin kofin duniya.
1985 IAAF Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, ta gama a bayan Carlos Lopes da Paul Kipkoech. A Gasar Zakarun Afirka, ya zama zakara a duka, nisan mita 5000 da 10,000, ya doke manyan 'yan wasa da yawa kuma ya sauke Kipkoech zuwa matsayi na biyu da na uku. An zabe shi don wakiltar Afirka a kan nesa biyu a gasar cin kofin duniya a Canberra kuma a rana ta farko, ya lashe zinare a kan nesa mai nisa godiya ga saurinsa kuma ya bi shi da wasan zinare na tagulla a kan mita 5000.