Achitsvaka menduru yegoridhe yechitatu yakatevedzana, Abebe akapinda mumutambo weOlympic wamarathon waOctober 20
naMamo Wolde naGebru Merawi. Nenzira yokufananidzira, akapiwa bhachi nhamba 1 nokuda kwomujaho wacho. Vhiki imwe nhangemutange isati yatanga, Abebe akatanga kurwadziwa negumbo rake rokuruboshwe. Vanachiremba vakawana kutsemuka mufibula yake, uye akarayirwa kuti asafamba kusvikira zuva romutambo wacho. Abebe aifanira kubuda munhangemutange mushure menguva inenge uye Mamo Wolde akahwina nenguva dza2:20:26.4. Uku kwaiva kuratidzwa kwokupedzisira kwaAbebe mumarathoni. Akapiwa mubayiro wokukwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo che"shambel" (kaputeni) paakadzokera kuEthiopia.