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He made the second-fastest ever marathon debut in Japan (after Olympic champion Samuel Wanjiru) with his time of 2:07:04 hours, which was enough to win on his first outing, as he was half a minute ahead of Henryk Szost, who ran a Polish record.
At the 2010 London Marathon, he set his sights on beating the defending champion Samuel Wanjiru.