Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 2008 Summer Olympics na Beijing, Makany mpi dị ka onye na-egwu mmiri na
100 m freestyle ụmụ nwoke. Na-eduga na egwuregwu nke abụọ ya, ọ kpochapụrụ oge ntinye FINA B nke 49.79 na Hungarian National Trials na Budapest iji nweta nhọrọ na ndị otu Olympic. Ọ gbara ndị ọzọ na-egwu mmiri asaa n'agba nke ise, gụnyere Martin Verner nke Czech Republic na Shaune Fraser nke agwaetiti Cayman. Makany gbara ọsọ gaa n'ọkwa nke abụọ na Paulius Viktoravičius nke Lithuania, na-etinye oge kachasị mma nke 49.27 sekọnd. Otú ọ dị, Makany, enweghị ike ịgafe na ọkara ikpeazu, ebe ọ bụ na ọ nọ na nke iri abụọ na asatọ n'ozuzu na ọkụ ọkụ.