Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya kasance na takwas a tseren tsere mai tsawo kuma na huɗu a cikin gajeren tseren a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2005 IAAF
, yana jagorantar Qatar zuwa tagulla a ƙungiya a lokuta biyu. A kan hanya daga baya a waccan shekarar ya zama zakaran duniya na tsalle-tsalle tare da nasara a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2005 a wasannin motsa jiki, inda ya kayar da abokan hamayyarsa na Kenya Kemboi da Kipruto. Ya fara ne a shekara mai zuwa ta hanyar gudanar da rikodin cikin gida na Asiya don lashe lambar zinare na mita 3000 a gasar zakarun Asiya ta 2006. Da yake ci gaba zuwa fagen duniya, ya yi tsere a wannan taron a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2006 IAAF kuma ya lashe lambar azurfa, inda ya yi rashin nasara ga Kenenisa Bekele da dakika biyu. Wannan ita ce lambar yabo ta farko ta duniya a cikin gida amma bai yi farin ciki da dabarun tserensa ba: "Wannan ba shi da hankali sosai a wurina. Na san daidai lokacin da Kenenisa zai fara harbi kuma na shirya kasancewa kusa da shi a lokacin. Amma ba haka ba ne".