Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pacho, Cielo akaenda kumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 kuBeijing, kwaakaputsa rekodhi yeAmerica mumakwikwi e4×100-metre freestyle, aine nguva yemasekonzi 47.91. Kunyange zvazvo chikwata cheBrazil chakarambwa, chinyorwa chaCielo chakabvumirwa kuramba chiripo. Mu
100 metres freestyle, Cielo akakwanisa kuenda kumagumo, achitora nzvimbo yechisere mumakwikwi, aine nguva yemasekondi 48.07. Cielo akabudirira mukutanga kwehafu yekupedzisira, achiita nzvimbo yake yechipiri, pamasekondi 22.62, asi akapedza wechishanu. Mumutambo wekupedzisira, Cielo akashandisa nzira yakasiyana, achitendeuka wechitatu, anononoka (22.74 masekondi) kupfuura mumasemifainari, uye achichengetedza simba rekupedzisa, izvo zvakaguma nekukunda kwake menduru yebronze uye kutyora rekodhi reSouth America nenguva ye47.67 masekondi (yakasungirirwa neAmerican swimmer Jason Lezak). Alain Bernard akakunda menduru yegoridhe uye Eamon Sullivan akakunda sirivha. Nokukurumidza pashure pokukunda menduru yendarira, Cielo akapa chirevo kumuchina wenhau weBrazil, achitaura zvakasimba kuti: "Iye zvino ndichakunda 50m". Muchiitiko chemamita makumi mashanu akasununguka, Cielo akaisa rekodhi yeOlympic, iyo Alexander Popov yakanga yaisa mu1992 Summer Olympics, panguva yekupisa (21.47 masekondi, akaenzana neGarrett Weber-Gale's Americas rekodhi) uye mumasemifaira (21.34 masekondi). Akaderedza izvi zvakare mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, zvakare achiputsa rekodhi yeOlympic nenguva yemasekondi 21.30, achikunda menduru yegoridhe uye achirasikirwa nerekodhi renyika nemasekondi 0.02. Naizvozvi, akava shasha yokutanga yokuBrazil yokushambira paOlympic. Kusvikira ndarama yeOlympic yaCielo, mhedzisiro yakanakisa yekushambira yeBrazil yeOlympic yakawanikwa naRicardo Prado, uyo akahwina menduru yesirivheri mumamita mazana mana emamita ega ega kumaOlympics eZhizha a1984, uye zvisati zvaitika Gustavo Borges, uyo akahwina menduru yesirivheri mumamita zana akasununguka kumaOlympics eZhizha a1992 uye mumamita mazana maviri akasununguka kumaOlympics eZhizha a1996.