Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: PaCross de San Sebastián muna 1988 Bekele akarwa naJohn Ngugi mumakwikwi ekumhanyisa, asi akapedza nhangemutange semumhanyi wechipiri shure kwemukwikwidzi wenyika anotonga. Ikoku kwakamirira kuvandudzwa kwechinguvana kwechimiro nokuda kwechaizova chiitiko chake chokupedzisira chenyika yose pa
1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Mumutambo iwoyo wakaitirwa muStavanger akapedza ari gumi nematatu uye, pamwe chete naTesfaye Tafa, akasimudza Ethiopia kusvika pachinzvimbo chechitatu mumakwikwi echikwata.