<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Waqala ukwandisa imicimbi yakhe yemicimbi futhi waphindeka kabili emjahweni we-steeplechase nasemjahweni wamamitha ayi-5000 e-  <response>: Umqhudelwano WaseYurophu Wemidlalo Yama-Athletics ka-2002. 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. 