Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 2008 Summer Olympics i Beijing, Haina, i riro i a Peirsol te koura i te 100 mita i runga i te tuara me te 4×100 mita i te relay
He aha? I wikitoria hoki ia i te hiriwa i te 200 mita i te taha. I tana huihuinga tuatahi, ko te 100 mita i muri, ko Peirsol te mea nui mo te koura, ko ia te kaipupuri rekoata o te ao me te toa o te Olympics. Mo te whakamutunga o te 100 mita i muri, i kaukau a Peirsol i te ara tuarua, i te mea i eke ki te tuarima i nga whiringa toa. I nga mita 50 tuatahi i te 100 mita whakamutunga o muri, ko Peirsol te tuarua i muri i a Liam Tancock, nana nei i tango i te 25.11. Ko Peirsol 0.54s i muri i a Tancock i te takahuri. Heoi, i muri i te hurihanga, ka eke a Peirsol ki a Tancock, i te mutunga ka noho i te tuaono, ka wikitoria i te koura. Ko te wa whakamutunga a Peirsol mo te 52.54 he rekoata hou o te ao, he pai ake i tana tohu o mua mo te 52.89 i whakaritea i te marama kua hipa. I muri i te whakataetae, ka mea a Peirsol, "Kei te tino harikoa ahau, he tino harikoa, he tino harikoa". I tana huihuinga tuarua, ko te 200-mita i muri, ko Peirsol te tuarua ki a Ryan Lochte 1: 54.33 ki te 1: 53.94. I te wikitoria i te koura, ka pakaru a Lochte i te rekoata o te ao i tohaina e ia me Peirsol i te 200 mita o muri. I tana huihuinga whakamutunga, te 4 × 100 mita medley relay, i whakakotahihia a Peirsol me Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, me Jason Lezak ki te wikitoria koura i roto i te wa rekoata o te ao 3: 29.34, te whakaheke i te tohu tawhito o te 3: 30.68 i whakaritea e wha tau ki muri i Athens.