Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1997, ya gama a matsayi na 11 a tseren mita 10,000 na maza a Gasar Zakarun Turai na 'Yan Shekaru 23. Kimanin wata guda daga baya, ya gama a matsayi na 15 a rabin rabin marathon na maza a Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Was A cikin kaka, ya gama da
1997 IAAF Gasar Rabin Marathon ta Duniya a cikin 1:03:41. A gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta Rabin Marathon ta 1998, ya gudu mafi kyawun rayuwa na 1:02:11, wanda ya dace da matsayi na 20 a cikin zurfin filin. Ya lashe tseren maza a "Beli Kros" na Yugoslavia a shekarar 1999.