Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Massacand ruru eru maka ihe omume igwu mmiri abụọ na 2008 Summer Olympics na Beijing, site na ikpochapụ oge ntinye FINA B nke 55.24 (100 m backstroke) na 2:00.16 (200 m backstroke) site na
European Championships na Eindhoven, Netherlands. Na 100 m azụ, Massacand gbara ndị ọzọ na-egwu mmiri asaa na okpomọkụ nke atọ, gụnyere ndị dike n'egwuregwu Olympic Derya Büyükuncu nke Turkey na Sung Min nke South Korea. Ọ gara n'ihu Buyukuncu n'ọnọdụ nke ise na nke iri abụọ na asaa n'ozuzu site na 0.21 nke abụọ, na-emebi ihe ndekọ Switzerland nke 55.21 sekọnd. N'ihe omume nke abụọ ya, 200 m azụ, Massacand kụrụ onye Gris bụ Dimitrios Chasiotis ka ọ bụrụ onye ikpeazụ n'otu okpomọkụ ahụ site na ọkara nke abụọ (0.50) na 2:01.80. Otú ọ dị, oge ya n'egwuregwu Olympic n'agba ọsọ 200, dị sekọnd 1.64 n'azụ oge o setịpụrụ na mbụ na European Championships. Massacand enweghị ike ịga n'ihu na ọkara ikpeazu, ebe o tinyere iri atọ na abụọ n'ozuzu na ọkụ ọkụ.