Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akamirira mujaho weAsia Marathon Championship mu2008 Hong Kong Marathon uye akaratidza kufambira mberi kwake nekuuya wechipiri muchikamu cheAsia shure kwemukundi wemujaho Koichiro Fukuoka uye kutora nzvimbo yechishanu mumunda wepasi rose. PaGood Luck Beijing Marathon, chiitiko chekuedza chemitambo yeOlympics ya2008, akatora mamwe maminitsi maviri kubva pane zvaaiita zvakanakisisa kuti akunde vose vaipikisa uye akahwina mujaho munguva yeMongolian rekodhi ye2:14:15 maawa. Haana kudzokorora chimiro ichi pamakwikwi eOlympic emarathon
munaAugust, asi nguva yake uye kuiswa (52nd muna 2:24:19) zvakanga zviri zviito zvake zvakanakisisa kusvikira zvino pamutambo wenyika yose. Mujaho wake wokupedzisira wegore wakauya paHofu Yomiuri Marathon yaDecember, asi nhanho yake yokutanga nokukurumidza yakamuona achidzokera kunzvimbo yechitanhatu pakuguma.