 2004 yaive mwaka wakakosha pabasa rake: akaderedza nguva yake ye5000 m kusvika pa14:35.18 maminitsi uye akawana nzvimbo muchikwata cheEthiopia cheOlimpiki. Mumakwikwi eOlympic a2004 muAthens, mukomana ane makore gumi nemapfumbamwe akauya mugumi mumakwikwi evakadzi emamita zviuru zvishanu. Pasinei nokubudirira kwake mumitambo, gore iroro rakatorawo muviri wake sezvo akawana chinetso chenguva refu muchitsitsinho chake nemhuru izvo zvakakanganisa kumhanya kwake. Akamhanya indoor 3000 m pachake zvakanakisisa pamusoro 8:46.67 maminitsi pa 2005 Boston Indoor Games, asi ake panze mwaka fizzled panze sezvo haana vanokodzera 2005 World Championships muna Athletics. Akaratidzazve kuti akanga akachenjera mugore rakatevera uye akauya wechina pa2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, ichivandudzazve kusvika pa 8:43.38 maminitsi. Kukuvadzwa kwakaramba kuchikanganisa kuenderana kwake uye kufa kamwe kamwe kwehanzvadzi yake muna Gumiguru 2007 kwakamuona achiisa basa rake. Akaroora Berhanu Alemu, mumwe mumhanyi, uye akatanga kudzokera kumakwikwi ehunyanzvi enguva yakazara muna 2009. 