 He moved away from the steeplechase in 2010 and won a 15K road race in Le-Puy-en-Velay.He was selected to run the 10,000 m at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics and he finished in fifth place – the only Ethiopian to finish the race.At the Delhi Half Marathon in November, he made his debut over the distance and managed a podium finish, taking third in a time of 1