Tusi se faaauauina o lenei parakalafa - I le aso 26 o Aokuso 2001, na ia tamo'e ai i lana ulua'i Half Marathon (16 manumalo mai le 20) ma manumalo ai i le 1:04:34. I le 2001, na manumalo ai foʻi Haile i le IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
ma le pine apamemea i le 10,000 mita i le 2001 World Championships in Athletics. I le tausaga lava lea e tasi, na ia faʻataʻitaʻia ai le Great Ethiopian Run ma Peter Middlebrook, lea na mulimuli ane lagolagoina e Brendan Foster, tagata tamoʻe Peretania Richard Nerurkar le amepasa Peretania i Aitiope Myles Wickstead.