Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Babban gasarsa ta farko ita ce Gasar Tsere ta Duniya ta IAAF ta 1999 kuma ya gama a matsayi na biyar a tseren tsere mai tsawo kuma ya taimaka wajen tabbatar da kyakkyawan nasarar Kenya a gasar gasa. Rutto ya zama fitaccen mai tsere a tseren mil 10 zuwa rabin tseren marathon: ya lashe tseren 2001 daga rairayin bakin teku zuwa Beacon kuma ya kasance babban dan wasan Kenya a tseren marathon.
2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships tare da gudu na 1:00:43 don matsayi na shida.