 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sverrisdottir akakwikwidza kuIceland mumakwikwi evakadzi e200 m freestylemumitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008 muBeijing. Achitungamirira kumitambo, akawana nguva ye2:03.35 kukunda FINA B-cut isingakundiki 2:03.50 ne0.15 yechipiri paMare Nostrum Monte Carlo Swim Meet muMonaco. Achishambira panzira yekunze mumwaka wekutanga, Sverrisdottir akabata ne2: 04.82 kuti apedze munda wakasimba wechitanhatu kuenda kunzvimbo yekupedzisira, asi akatadza kubata mutambi wekumhanyisa weCroatia Anja Trišić, uyo akapedza pamberi pake neanopfuura sekondi pakunonoka, pakupedzisira. Sverrisdottir akakundikana kuenda kumasemifinal, sezvo akaisa makumi mana neshanu zvachose mumasekondi ekutanga. 