Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 21 March 2008, na
2008 European LC Championships nke emere na Eindhoven, Netherlands, Belmonte meriri ụmụ nwanyị 200-mita onye ọ bụla na-agbasa ihe ndekọ European Championship na oge nke 2:11.16. O rutekwara ebe nke asatọ n'ọsọ mita 400. European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 mere na Rijeka (Croatia), ebe o meriri ọla edo n'egwuregwu 400 m n'otu n'otu na oge ndekọ ụwa ọhụrụ nke 4:25:06. Ihe ndekọ ahụ bụ onye America na-egwu mmiri bụ Julia Smit, onye setịpụrụ oge nke 4:25.87 na 28 November 2008 na Toronto, Canada.