Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Melkamu ta lashe lambar yabo ta farko a cikin gida sama da mita 3000 a watan Maris na shekara ta 2008, ta sake daukar matsayi na biyu a bayan Defar a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Ba ta lashe lambar yabo a gasar cin kofin duniya ba
Gasar tsere ta Duniya (ta gama a matsayi na tara), amma ta ci Defar don lashe mita 5000 a Gasar Afirka. An zaɓe ta don wakiltar Habasha a Wasannin Olympics na bazara a Beijing, inda ta gama ta bakwai a tseren mita 5000 a cikin lokaci na 15:49.03. (Ta gama tseren a matsayi na takwas amma ta tashi zuwa na bakwai bayan Elvan Abeylegesse ya kammala tseren shekaru bayan an shafe shi shekaru bayan haka saboda doping.)