<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Waqala ukwandisa imicimbi yakhe yemicimbi futhi waphindeka kabili emncintiswaneni we-steeplechase kanye nemidlalo ye-5000 metres ku-2002 European Athletics Championships  <response>: . futhi. Uhlulekile ukufinyelela kowamanqamu we-steeplechase kodwa wakwazi ukuba ngoweshumi nambili emdlalweni wokugcina wamamitha ayizi-5000. Waqala ukugxila ekugijimeni amabanga alinganayo ngemva kwalokho. Wenza i-debut yakhe yomhlaba yokugijima ezweni elikude ngo-2003, waqeda endaweni yeshumi nesishiyagalombili emncintiswaneni omfushane kuma-IAAF World Cross Country Championships ka-2003. Wayengumdlali ohamba phambili waseSwitzerland kulo mcimbi, ehola iqembu lesizwe kufaka phakathi uViktor Röthlin endaweni yesikhombisa ohlwini. Wabuye wakhethwa ngo-2003 World Championships futhi wafinyelela kowamanqamu we-5000 m. Wagcina esendaweni ye-13, kodwa wayengomunye wabaseYurophu ababili kuphela emdlalweni wokugcina womhlaba, kanye noJuan Carlos de la Ossa waseSpain. Wabuye wagijima kulo mcimbi kuma-Olimpiki ase-Athene ngo-2004, kodwa akazange adlule esigabeni sokushisa ekubukekeni kwakhe kwesibili kwe-Olimpiki. 