Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akapora zvizere, akadzokera kumakwikwi eEuropean cross country uye akakunda zvakare kumakwikwi eCinque Mulini neItálica. Akakwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi eIAAF World Cross Country Championships muna 2001
uye akakunda menduru yake yokutanga huru munhangemutange refu yavarume. Kamathi akahwina menduru yebronze (kumashure kwaMohammed Mourhit naSerhiy Lebid) uye akatungamira timu yeKenya iyo yaisanganisira Paul Kosgei naPatrick Ivuti kumenduru yegoridhe yechikwata. Chinhu chikuru zvikuru chakamumirira paWorld Championships in Athletics ya2001. Akatora mukwikwidzi wepasi rose Haile Gebrselassie mumakwikwi emamita zviuru gumi uye akakwanisa kumukunda iye nemukwikwidzi weOlympic Assefa Mezgebu kumutsara wekupedzisira, achitora menduru yegoridhe yepasi rose muchiitiko ichi. Kukunda, uko Kamathi akamhanyira kubva pachinhanho chechina kusvika pachinhanho chokutanga mumamita 200 okupedzisira, kwakaputsa nhangemutange yaHaile isina kukundwa yemakwikwi 37.