Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Coughlin pụtara nke ugboro abụọ n'egwuregwu Olimpik, na Beijing n'afọ 2008, ọ ghọrọ nwanyị mbụ na-eme egwuregwu si Amerịka nke nwetara ihe nrite isii n'otu asọmpi Olimpik. A họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị otu egwuregwu igwu mmiri ụmụ nwanyị nke United States tinyere onye mmeri ugboro ise nke Olimpik Dara Torres na onye mmeri ugboro anọ nke Olimpik Amanda Beard. Coughlin nwetara ihe nrite ọla edo na 100 mita azụ na Olympiads ndị ahụ, nwanyị mbụ na-agbachitere ihe nrite ọla edo na-eguzo n'ihe omume ahụ. Ihe ndekọ ụwa ya karịrị na ọkara nke ikpeazụ site n'aka Kirsty Coventry, ga-ewe ọlaọcha. Ka o guzo n'elu ikpo okwu ahụ, egbugbere ọnụ ya ka na-agba ọbara n'ihi na ọ tara ya mgbe ọ na-agba ọsọ iji dọpụ uche ya site n'ihe mgbu dị n'ụkwụ ya. O ritere ọlaọcha n'ọsọ 4×100 mita freestyle relay, ebe ya na Lacey Nymeyer, Kara Lynn Joyce na Dara Torres na-egwu mmiri. O ritere ọla nchara n'ọsọ 200 mita medley,
4×200-meter freestyle relay, na 100 mita freestyle. O meriri ọlaọcha n'ọsọ ikpeazụ ya n'ọsọ 4 × 100 mita medley relay na-egwu mmiri na Rebecca Soni, Christine Magnuson, na Dara Torres.