Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya fara fitowa a wani babban taron shi ne a 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Ya gama na tara a tseren matasa kuma ya raba lambar azurfa ta tawagar tare da wanda ya lashe tseren Gebregziabher Gebremariam. Shekaru biyu bayan haka ya fara yin tasiri a manyan mukamai ta hanyar lashe lambar azurfa a tseren mita 10,000 a Gasar Zakarun Afirka ta 2004 a Wasanni a bayan Charles Kamathi. An zabi shi ya wakilci Habasha a gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta Rabin Marathon ta 2004
kuma ya gama a matsayi na goma. Ya yi kyau a watan da ya biyo baya yayin da ya taimaka wa kasarsa ta yi nasara a gasar Chiba Ekiden ta kasa da kasa a Japan sannan kuma ya lashe gasar Great Ethiopian Run a cikin rikodin lokaci. Dinkesa ya ƙare shekara tare da nasara a Iris Lotto Cross Cup a Belgium.