Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Zersenay akakundikana kuita podium kechipiri pa2006 World Cross Country Championships
, asi nzvimbo yake yechina yakatungamira timu yeEritrea kuenda kumenduru yesirivheri mumakwikwi echikwata. Mwedzi wakatevera, Zersenay akakunda vose Fabiano Joseph naBoniface Kiprop kuti vakunde Great Manchester Run. Akamhanyira kumutsara nenguva yokupedzisira ya 27:36; chinyorwa cheEritrea uye chechipiri chakakurumidza gore iroro. Muna Nyamavhuvhu wegore iroro, akavandudza zvakanyanya 10,000 m yakanakisa paMemorial Van Damme; nguva yake ye26: 37.25 yakarova masekondi makumi matatu kubva pachiratidzo chake chekare kuti amuite iye wechisere munhu anomhanyisa, asi achiri kupedzisa kumashure kweanobuda Micah Kogo uyo akamhanya chegumi chinomhanyisa nguva. Nhamba itsva ye59:16 yaZersenay paRotterdam Half Marathon yakaenzana nenhamba yaSamuel Wanjiru uye yakaratidza zvakanaka kumakwikwi anouya.