This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Mule, and not as Wasihun.
A big improvement came at the 2016 Dubai Marathon – Mule rounded off an Ethiopian sweep of the top six places with a time of 2:05:44 hours (moving him into the top ten fastest for the year).[4][5] After a runner-up finish at the Ethiopian Half Marathon Championships he was selected for the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. He won his first international medal there, taking eighth place and helping Ethiopia to the men's team silver medal alongside Abayneh Ayele and Tamirat Tola.[6] Mule suffered an unfortunate race at the World 10K Bangalore: he was directed the wrong way while in the lead and upon tracking back was chased by a stray dog on the course. He ended the race in ninth.[7] In October Mule was 9th at the Amsterdam Marathon in 2:07:19.
In 2017, Mule returned to the Dubai Marathon, where he finished second place in a time of 2:06:46; the race was won by compatriot Tamirat Tola in 2:04:11.[8] Mule also returned to the Amsterdam Marathon, where he finished 4th in 2:05:39.
Mule won his first race of 2018, setting a new course record of 59:44 at the eDreams Mitja Marato de Barcelona on 11 February. His time beat the previous course record of Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge by 20 seconds.[9] He raced his first marathon of 2018 at the Rotterdam Marathon, where he finished in 6th place in a time of 2:08:13. Mule then raced the Amsterdam Marathon in October, finishing second in 2:04:37. The race was won by Kenya's Lawrence Cherono in 2:04:06.[10]
In 2019, Mule was 6th in the RAK Half Marathon in February, clocking a new personal best time of 59:34.[11] He competed in the 2019 London Marathon on 28 April, where he finished 3rd in a time of 2:03:16. Mule dropped off the pace being set by Eliud Kipchoge in the closing stages of the race, however he still recorded a personal best time, making him the 13th fastest marathon runner of all time, and the fastest ever 3rd-place finish in a marathon.[12] Kipchoge went on to win the race in a course record time of 2:02:37.[13] Mule competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[14] He did not finish his race.[14] Mule's next race was at the NN Zevenheuvelenloop 15km in Nijmegen, Netherlands, where he finished 8th in a time of 43:03.[citation needed]
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