Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ƙungiyar 'yan wasan Kenya, Athletics Kenya, ba ta goyi bayanta ba da farko, tana tunanin Loroupe ya yi ƙanƙanta da ƙanƙanta. Amma, bayan da ta lashe tseren ƙafar ƙafa a shekara ta 1988, hakan ya canja. Ta fara horarwa don yin gasa a duniya a shekara mai zuwa, ta sami takalmanta na farko a shekara ta 1989, wanda ta sa kawai don tseren tsere. An zabi ta ne a tseren matasa na gasar cin kofin duniya.
1989 IAAF Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Duniya ta kammala 28th. Ta sake fafatawa a gasar tseren tsere ta duniya ta 1990 IAAF, inda ta kammala a matsayi na 16 a tseren matasa.