Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mubatanidzwa wevatambi veKenya, Athletics Kenya, haina kumutsigira pakutanga, ichifunga kuti Loroupe aive mudiki uye akaonda. Zvisinei, pashure pokunge akunda nhangemutange yakakurumbira yomunyika yose isina shangu muna 1988, ikoku kwakachinja. Akatanga kudzidzira kukwikwidza munyika yose gore rakatevera racho, achiwana shangu dzake dzokutanga dzokumhanya muna 1989, dzaaipfeka bedzi kumakwikwi akaoma zvikuru. Akasarudzwa kumakwikwi evadiki e1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships achipedza 28th. Akakwikwidza zvakare pa1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, vachipedza vari 16 munhangemutange yevaduku.