Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 2008 babban gasar farko ta shekara ta kasance a kasarsa, gasar zakarun Turai ta LC 2008
wanda aka gudanar a Eindhoven. Bayan farawar gasar da takaici, ya dawo da karfi ya karya rikodin kasa na mita 100 na Joris Keizer wanda ya kawo shi zuwa 52.20 kuma ya gama na 4 a wasan karshe. A ranar karshe ta gasar ya sake gama na 4 a wannan lokacin a cikin 4 × 100 medley relay tare da Nick Driebergen, Thijs van Valkengoed da Mitja Zastrow suna yin iyo a rikodin kasa a cikin 3:37.00. Bayan 'yan makonni daga baya ya lashe lambar azurfa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2008 a Manchester tare da tawagar 4 × 100 m freestyle. Ya kuma kai wasan karshe na mutum 3 a tseren 50 da 100 m da kuma tseren 100 m.