Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Tergat akahwina mikombe mishanu yakatevedzana yeIAAF World Cross Country Championships, 1995 kusvika 1999, iyo yaiva rekodhi. Tergat anoti, "Kufamba nenyika ndiko kwandagara ndichida zvikuru. Yakanga iri nyika yangu, chishuvo changu. IAAF isati yatanga kosi pfupi muna 1998
, vatambi vose vomumwero wenyika kubva pamamita 1500 kusvika kumarathon vakanga vari munhangemutange imwe chete".