Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Yakanga isiri kusvika 1998 apo Kenteris akatora chikamu mumakwikwi ake ekutanga makuru epasi rose, paakatora nzvimbo ye9 (semi fainari) mune zvose zviri zviviri 400 m (45.74) uye 4 × 400 m relay (3:06.48) pa1998 European Championships muBudapest. Akatorawo nzvimbo yechinomwe pa1998 IAAF World Cup muJohannesburg, mumakwikwi e4 × 400 m relay (3:03.95), achimiririra timu yeEurope. Muna 1999, akaenderera mberi nekukunda menduru dzegoridhe pamamita mazana maviri (20.60) uye mazana mana (45.82) pamakwikwi eGreek Athletics Championships muna 1999 muAthens. Kubudirira kwake kwokutanga muEurope kwakanga kuri apo akakunda menduru yendarira yemamita 400 pa1999 European Cup
muParis nenguva ye45.66. Kunyange zvazvo Kenteris akanga abviswa mumakwikwi emamita mazana mana emakwikwi epasi rose emakamuri, akadzoka muzhizha iroro semumhanyi wemamita mazana maviri paMakwikwi ePasi Pose muSeville. Kenteris akakunda kupisa kwake # 5, achikunda ipapo 100 m nyika rekodhi muridzi Maurice Greene, asi haana kutanga kota-fainari nekuda kwekukuvara. Gore rakatevera, Kenteris akahwina 4 × 100 m relay goridhe (40.46) pa2000 Greek Athletics Championships muAthens, uyewo 4 × 100 m relay sirivha (38.67) uye 200 m bronze (20.48) pa2000 European Cup muGateshead.