 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Wangui akatanga mwaka wake wa2008 nekukunda kuChiba International Cross Country. Mumakwikwi e2008 African Championships muAthletics akapedza ari wechina pamakumi gumi emamita kumashure kwevatatu veEthiopia vaitungamirirwa naTirunesh Dibaba. Kumakwikwi eOlympic emunyika yose akakunda mumakwikwi emamita 10 000 uye akava wechipiri mumakwikwi emamita 5 000. Pasinei nechido chake chekukwikwidza mumitambo miviri, vasarudzo veKenya vakamusarudza iye chete pamakumi gumi emamita, vachisarudza Vivian Cheruiyot kwenguva pfupi panzvimbo. Mukubuda kwake kwechipiri pachikuva cheOlympic pa2008 Beijing GamesAkapedza ari wechinomwe mumakwikwi emamita 10 000, achimhanya nguva yake yakanakisisa yemaminitsi 30:39.96. 