Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gwargwadon farko na farko (na tagulla na 3000 m) ya zo ne a gasar zakarun Turai na Indoor Athletics na 1988. Ya wakilci Tarayyar Soviet daga baya a wannan shekarar a wasannin Olympics na bazara kuma ya kasance mai tsallake-tsallake. Ƙarin lambar tagulla ta biyo baya a gasar cin kofin Turai ta 1989
sannan wasannin kyautatawa na 1990. Daga baya zai sake samun tagulla, sama da mita 10,000, a gasar cin kofin duniya ta IAAF ta 1992.