Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sakamoto ya cancanci shiga tawagar Japan, a matsayin dan wasan Asiya guda daya, a wasan BMX na maza a gasar Olympics ta 2008 a Beijing ta hanyar karɓar gayyatar gayyata daga Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) bisa ga mafi kyawun aikinsa a gasar.
Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta UCI a Victoria, British Columbia, Kanada. Bayan ya kama hatimi na talatin da biyu a farkon safiya tare da lokaci mafi jinkiri na 40.548, Sakamoto ya zira kwallaye 19 don sanya maki na bakwai a cikin zafinsa na zagaye na huɗu, don haka ya kawar da shi daga gasar.