Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 2001 ya gama na shida a gasar tseren gida ta duniya ta shekara ta 2001 kuma ya lashe lambar zinare a wasannin 2001 na Bahar Rum. Sakamakon nasara na mita 17.05 shine mafi kyawun kakar sa. Ya kasance kusan rikodin gasar ne, amma Marios Hadjiandreou na mita 17.13 daga 1991 ya fi kyau. A shekara ta 2002 ya kai mita 17 a karon farko a cikin gida, tare da mita 17.03 a Genoa a watan Fabrairu. Ya gama na hudu a duka biyu
Gasar Zakarun Turai ta 2002 da Gasar Zakarun Turai ta 2002 a lokacin bazara. A cikin gasar ta ƙarshe ya tsallake mita 17.15, kuma mafi kyawun lokacinsa ya kasance 17.17.