Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin 2007 ya kawo Zersenay mafi girman lambar yabo, kamar yadda ya yi nasara a kan ciyawa, waƙa da hanya. A karo na farko a cikin aikinsa ya shawo kan dukkan 'yan adawa, gami da zakara sau biyar Kenenisa Bekele, don zama Zakaran Duniya na 2007
Ka yi haƙuri. Yanayin zafi a Mombasa ya tilasta wa wasu masu tsere daga tseren, amma Zersenay ya ci gaba da saurinsa don kammala sama da dakika ashirin a gaban mai tsere na gaba. A Rabin Marathon na Cáceres, ya bayyana aniyarsa ta gwada rikodin duniya kuma, kodayake ya ci tseren, rashin saurin tafiya ya bar shi nesa da rikodin lokaci. Ya koma Babban Gasar Manchester kuma ya sake inganta mafi kyawunsa, yana yin rikodin 27:24, amma wannan bai isa ya doke Micah Kogo wanda ya ci nasara a cikin rikodin rikodin Burtaniya ba. Ya yi gasa a Prefontaine Classic a karon farko, kuma ya kafa mil biyu mafi kyau na 8:19.34, kodayake yana da ɗan nisa a bayan mai nasara Craig Mottram.