Claim: In March of 2014, Netsanet Gudeta finished third place in her debut race Roma-Ostia Half Marathon and was chosen to represent Ethiopia at the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
Evidence: Her opening race of 2014 was March's Roma-Ostia Half Marathon and in her debut over the distance she finished in third place with a time of 68:53 minutes. She was chosen to represent her country at the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships later that month and was the leading Ethiopian in a Kenya-dominated race.