 Thipe ndiye mumwe wevakadzi vatema vekutanga kumiririra South Africa munhangemutange yemamita mazana manamumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing. Akamhanyira muchikamu chechitanhatu achikwikwidzana nevamwe vatambi vanomwe, kusanganisira Novlene Williams wokuJamaica naNicola Sanders wokuGreat Britain, vose vari vaviri vaifarirwa zvikuru munhangemutange iyi. Akapedza nhangemutange ari panzvimbo yechitanhatu, makumi manomwe nematatu ezana 0.73 yechipiri pamberi peAlbania Klodiana Shala, aine nguva yemasekondi 54.11. Thipe akakundikana kuenda kumasemi-fainari, sezvo akaisa makumi mana nematatu, uye akapedza pasi pematatu ekufambisa otomatiki emutambo unotevera. 