Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Werknesh akatanga mwaka wake wa2003 nekukunda kuAntrim International Cross Country ndokuzoenderera mberi kutora zita revakadzi rakareba kumakwikwi e2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Akakunda menduru yesirivheri mumakwikwi emamita zviuru gumi pamitambo yeAll-Africa muna2003, achipedzisa kumashure kweEthiopia Ejegayehu Dibaba. Mwaka wake wakakwira pa2003 World Championships muAthletics kwaakaisa 10,000 m pachake yakanakisisa ye30: 07.15 maminitsi kuti agadzire nzvimbo yechipiri kumashure kweEthiopia veteran Berhane Adere uyo akaputsa zvinyorwa zveAfrica zvechiitiko ichi. Gore rakatevera racho akava wechina mumutambo wacho paOlympic yeAthens ya2004. Akakundawo menduru yebronze mumakwikwi e2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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