Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakuoneka kwechipiri kwaCoughlin paMitambo yeOlympic, kuBeijing muna 2008, akava mutambi wechikadzi wokutanga wokuAmerica kuhwina menduru nhanhatu muMitambo yeOlympic imwe. 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 mumamita 4 × 100 freestyle relay, achishambira naLacey Nymeyer, Kara Lynn Joyce naDara Torres, uye akahwina menduru dzebronze mumamita mazana maviri emamita ega ega, 4 × 200 freestyle relay
, uye 100 metres freestyle. Akakunda menduru yesirivha mumakwikwi ake ekupedzisira mumakwikwi e4 × 100 metres medley relay achishambira naRebecca Soni, Christine Magnuson, naDara Torres.