Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya fara shekara mai zuwa tare da bayyanar da ba a taɓa gani ba a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1989 IAAF
, ya gama na 74 a tseren tsere mai tsawo (12 km). A watan Afrilu, ya yi tseren mafi kyawun lokaci na 2: 11: 07 don kammala na huɗu a gasar Marathon ta Duniya ta 1989 a Milan. Watanni shida bayan haka, ya zama na biyu a Marathon na Chicago, ya rasa ɗan Ingila Paul Davies-Hale da kusan minti biyu. A shekara ta biyu a jere, ya gama na biyu a Fukuoka Marathon a watan Disamba. Bugu da kari, ya fafata a wasannin IAAF guda biyu, gasar cin kofin duniya (na 4 a wasan marathon) da Golden Gala.