Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Akaita kutanga kwake pasi rose mumakwikwi emamita 3000 pa2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, achitora nzvimbo yegumi nembiri mumakwikwi ekupedzisira. Kumwe kuoneka paWorld Cross Country Championships
yakamuunzira imwe menduru yebronze, kunyange zvazvo akakwanisa bedzi nzvimbo yechi 23 panhambo iyoyo. Kuoneka kwake pamakwikwi iwayo kwakaitwa pakurayirwa nemutungamiriri wechikwata cheMoroccan uye akatora chikamu kungofanana nekugadzirira kwekutanga kwake kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika pamusoro penzvimbo yemarathon. Achitevera murairidzi weaimbova mukwikwidzi weOlympic Brahim Boutayeb, akatora chikamu muRotterdam Marathon mwedzi wakatevera, achimhanya nenguva ye2: 09:15 yechitanhatu. Pashure pokukunda hafu yemarathon muJohannesburg, akapinda mumakwikwi emarathon pa2003 World Championships in Athletics. Pasinei nokuva kwake kwechipiri kubuda pamusoro penzvimbo yacho, akaona Michael Kosgei Rotich naJulio Rey kuti vatungamirire mumatanho ekupedzisira uye vakakunda menduru yegoridhe munguva yekurekodha yeChampionship ye2: 08:31.