Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akadzokera kumhando yakanaka muna 2008: akahwina mukombe wenyika wejunior cross country asi akataura (achireva gore rake rakashata ra2007) "Ndakanga ndine mamwe matambudziko evanhu andisingade kutaura nezvazvo. Zvinetso zvichiripo asi ndinovimba kuti zvinogona kugadziriswa". Pa 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
akaparadza chiyeuchidzo chegore rake rapfuura nokuva shasha yenyika yechiduku, achishandisa mubatanidzwa wemazano nokukurumidza kupedza kuti akunde nhangemutange yacho. Izvi zvakapedzisa kukunda kweEthiopia mumakwikwi ose mana. Kubviswa kwaKenenisa Bekele kubva ku2008 African Championships muAthletics kwakasiya nzvimbo yakazadzwa naIbrahim. Akaumba chikamu chevarume vatatu vekuEthiopia vakatsvaira menduru, vachitora sirivheri kuseri kwaGebregziabher Gebremariam.