Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumutambo weOlympics wechipiri waCoughlin, kuBeijing muna 2008, akava mutambi wechikadzi wokutanga wokuAmerica kuhwina menduru nhanhatu mumutambo weOlympic mumwe chete. Akasarudzwa semutungamiri weboka revakadzi veUS rekushambira pamwe chete nevashanu-nguva yeOlympic Dara Torres uye mana-nguva yeOlympic Amanda Beard. Coughlin akahwina menduru yegoridhe mumamita zana kumashure kumaOlympics iwayo, mukadzi wekutanga kudzivirira zvinobudirira menduru yegoridhe akamira mumutambo iwoyo. zvinyorwa zvake zvepasi rose zvakapfuurwa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira naKirsty Coventry, aizotora sirivha. Akamira papuratifomu yemenduru, muromo wake wakanga uchiri kubuda ropa pashure pokuuruma mukati momutambo kuti amuparadzanise namarwadzo mumakumbo ake. Akakunda menduru yesirivheri mumakwikwi e4×100-metre freestyle relay, achishambira naLacey Nymeyer, Kara Lynn Joyce naDara Torres, uye akahwinawo menduru dzebronze mumakwikwi e200-metre ega ega,
4×200-mita freestyle relay, uye 100-mita freestyle. Akakunda menduru yesirivha mumakwikwi ake ekupedzisira mumakwikwi e4 × 100 metres medley relay achishambira naRebecca Soni, Christine Magnuson, naDara Torres.