Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Babban nasarorin da ya samu ya zo ne a gasar wasannin IAAF ta Duniya ta 1985, inda ya nemi lambar tagulla a tseren mita 3000 tare da gudu na minti 7:57.92. Ya kasance daya daga cikin 'yan wasan Czechoslovak guda uku a can, tare da jan tsalle Jan Leitner da kuma harbi mai harbi Remigius Machura. A shekara mai zuwa ya fara halartar gasar tsere ta duniya ta 1986 IAAF, sannan ya kasance mai tseren mita 5000 da mita 10,000 a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1986. Ya gudu ne kawai a manyan manyan gasa biyu na kasa da kasa bayan haka, wanda ya kasance wani ɓangare na tawagar kasa don 1990
da kuma 1991 IAAF Duniya Cross Country Championships.