Waxay bilowday inay horumar ka sameyso orodka dalka oo dhan, iyadoo ka qaadatay naxaasta dhalinyarada ee 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ka hor inta aysan ka caawin Itoobiya kooxda qalinka ah ee 1998-kii ka dibna kooxda dahabka ah iyada oo kaalinta afaraad ku dhammaysay tartanka dheer ee 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Waxay ku dhameysatay kaalinta saddexaad tartankii IAAF World Cross Challenge ee 1999-2000. Kaalinta sagaalaad ee tartanka 2000 World Championships
waxay Ethiopia u keentay dahab kale oo kooxda ah.