Ya dawo cikin kyakkyawan tsari a 2008: ya lashe lambar yabo ta kasa ta kasa ta kasa amma ya lura (a game da rashin talaucinsa na 2007) "Ina da wasu matsalolin da ba na so in yi magana game da su. Matsalar har yanzu tana nan amma ina fatan za a iya magance ta". A cikin
2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ya watsar da ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar shekarar da ta gabata ta hanyar zama zakaran duniya na duniya, ta amfani da haɗin dabaru da saurin gamawa don cin nasarar tseren. Wannan ya kammala zagaye na Habasha na dukkan lakabi huɗu a gasar zakarun Turai. Janyewar Kenenisa Bekele daga Gasar Zakarun Afirka ta 2008 a Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Was Ya kasance wani ɓangare na maza uku na Habasha na lambobin yabo, yana ɗaukar azurfa a bayan Gebregziabher Gebremariam.