Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing, Makany akakwikwidza semunhu mumwe chete mumakwikwi evarume e100 m freestyle
. Achitungamirira kumitambo yake yechipiri, akachenesa FINA B-standard yekupinda nguva ye49.79 kuHungarian National Trials muBudapest kuti ave nechokwadi chekusarudzwa kwechikwata cheOlympic. Akadenha vamwe vanoshambira vanomwe pakupisa kwechishanu, kubatanidza Martin Verner weCzech Republic naShaune Fraser weCayman Islands. Makany akamhanyira kunzvimbo yechipiri yakasungirirwa naPaulius Viktoravičius weLithuania, achinyora zvakanakisisa zvake zve 49.27 seconds. Makany, zvisinei, akakundikana kuenda kumasemifinal, sezvo akaisa makumi maviri nemasere pakupedzisira mukutanga kwekutanga.