Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Akaberekerwa mudunhu reTigray, akawana ruzivo rwake rwekutanga mumakwikwi epasi rose paIAAF World Cross Country Championships. Nzvimbo yechipiri mumakwikwi emunyika (kumashure kwaTessema Abshiro) yakareva kuti akasarudzwa kumakwikwi evadiki pa2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
muLausanne, uye akapedza ari panzvimbo yechipfumbamwe. Muna 2004, akamhanya muGreat Ethiopian Run, achipedza wechisere mumakwikwi emakiromita gumi, uye akauya wechipiri mumamita zviuru gumi kumakwikwi emunharaunda yeAddis Ababa.