 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Beridze akakwikwidza chete mumakwikwi evarume e50 m freestylepaMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2000 muSydney. Pasinei nokupedza pakati pevanoshambira 25 vokutanga kubva kuEuropean Championships muHelsinki, Finland, akagamuchira tikiti kubva kuFINA, pasi pechirongwa cheUniversality, munguva yekupinda ye24.13. Akadenha vamwe vanoshambira vanomwe mumakwikwi matatu, kusanganisira vakwikwidzi veOlympic kaviri Howard Hinds weNetherlands Antilles naEmin Guliyev weAzerbaijan. Achikwikwidza panzira yokunze, akapera mugwara racho kuti atore nzvimbo yechitatu mumasekondi 24.28, chikamu chiduku kupfuura mwero wake wokutanga. Beridze akakundikana kuenda kumasemifinal, sezvo akaisa makumi mashanu nemana pakupedzisira mumasekondi ekutanga. 