 Sakemi akakwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi matatu ekushambira kumaOlympics eZhizha ra2008 kuBeijing, nekukunda nguva dzekupinda muFINA B-standard dza1:11.20 100 m breaststroke na2:33.17 200 m breaststroke kubva kuMaria Lenk Trophy muRio de Janeiro. Mumakwikwi emamita 100 ekumhanya pachipfuva, Sakemi akatarisana nevamwe vanomwe vanoshambira muchikamu chechitatu, kusanganisira Liliana Guiscardo wekuArgentina, uyo akamukunda kubva pamiedzo mwedzi miviri yapfuura. Akapfuura Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir wekuIceland kuti atore nzvimbo yechishanu uye makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe zvachose nezvikamu mazana matatu kubva muzana 0.03, muna 1: 11.75. Mumakwikwi emamita mazana maviri, Sakemi akapedza kupisa kwekutanga ari panzvimbo yekupedzisira uye makumi mana akazara achipesana naRaminta Dvariškytė weLithuania, naNoora Laukkanen weFinland, aine nguva inononoka ye2: 39.13. 