Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Babban gasa ta farko ita ce Gasar Tsere ta Duniya ta IAAF ta 1999 kuma ya gama a matsayi na biyar a tseren tsere kuma ya taimaka wajen tabbatar da nasarar da ta fi ta Kenya a gasar tawagar. Rutto ya zama fitaccen mai tsere a tseren 10k zuwa rabin tseren marathon: ya lashe tseren 2001 daga Beach zuwa Beacon kuma shine babban dan wasan Kenya a 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
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