Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 2001 ya gama na shida a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2001 kuma ya lashe lambar zinare a wasannin 2001 na Rumunan 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 huɗu a duka gasar zakarun Turai ta 2002
da kuma 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.