Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Yaiva mumunda wekumhanya nyika yose iyo yakawana menduru yake yekutanga huru yechidiki, ichimhanya pa2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
. Timbilil akatora menduru yesirivheri kumashure kwaVivian Cheruiyot, achipedzisa kuwanda kwemenduru dzeKenya dzakatungamira vakadzi vechidiki kuenda kugoridhe rechikwata. Pazera remakore gumi nemanomwe, akawana kusarudzwa kwe2000 Sydney Olimpiki uye akasvika pakupedzisira kwe10,000 m, achipedzisa pachinzvimbo chegumi nemana nehupenyu hwakanaka hwe31: 50.22. Akanga achiri akakodzera kumakwikwi evadiki pa2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, asi aive kure nekukunda menduru uye akapedza munzvimbo yegumi nenhanhatu.