Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: PaWorld Cross Country Championships ya2007 akapedza ari mugumi nemapfumbamwe munhangemutange yevakuru. Nevatambi vana veEthiopia vari mberi kwake akarasikirwa nenzvimbo muboka reEthiopia rakakunda. Zvakafanana zvakaitika muna 2008, apo Jelela akapedza ari gumi nemana pamunhu mumwe chete. Akanga asina kubudirira zvikuru pa
2009 edition, sezvo akapedza ari pachinzvimbo chechi30. Akasarudza kurega kumhanya nhangemutange yomunyika ndokuchinjira ngwariro yake kumugwagwa. Pakutanga kwake pamutambo wemarathon paVenice Marathon muna 2009, akapedza semumhanyi-wechipiri nenguva ye2: 28: 41 maawa, wechipiri kune mutambi weKenya mutambi Anne Kosgei. MunaNovember iye akapinda muGreat Ethiopian Run yakaitirwa muAddis Ababa uye akakunda mujaho wemakiromita gumi nenguva yekurekodha yemaminetsi makumi matatu nematatu.