Cika wannan jumla: Duk da cewa ya rasa wasannin Olympics, ya dawo cikin kyakkyawan tsari a shekara mai zuwa kuma ya lashe lambar zinare a gasar Olympics
1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, wanda ya jagoranci Belgians zuwa lakabin tawagar a cikin tsari. Bai dawo don kare taken sa ba a shekarar 1978 amma a maimakon haka ya mai da hankali kan hanyar, inda ya yi ikirarin mita 5000/10,000 sau biyu a gasar zakarun kasa. Ya iya gudanar da matsayi na goma sha biyu ne kawai a wannan taron a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1978.