Anotanga kumhanyira nyika yeEthiopia aine makore gumi nematanhatu uye akahwina menduru yake yekutanga yegoridhe pa2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, achibatsira vakadzi veEthiopia kukunda kwechikwata. Akaumba chikamu chakakosha chemakwikwi echikwata cheEthiopia mukutanga kwebasa rake, achivabatsira kusvika padanho repamusoro pamitambo yepasi rose pazviitiko zvakawanda. Medari yake yokutanga yakauya pa2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, kwaakakunda menduru yendarira munhangemutange pfupi.