<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - UBeridze uncintisane kuphela emidlalweni yama-Olympic asehlobo ka-2000 eSydney. Naphezu kokuqeda phakathi kwabadlali abahamba phambili abangama-25 ababhukuda kuma-European Championships  <response>: e-Helsinki, eFinland, wathola ithikithi le-FINA, ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-Universality, ngesikhathi sokungena esingu-24.13. Uphonsele inselelo abanye ababhukudi abayisikhombisa ebusheni obuthathu, kubandakanya nama-Olimpiki amabili uHoward Hinds waseNetherlands Antilles no-Emin Guliyev wase-Azerbaijan. Emncintiswaneni owawusechwebeni elingaphandle, wehla kancane ukuze athole indawo yesithathu ngo-24.28, okuyisilinganiso esincane esingaphezu kwesilinganiso sakhe sokuqala. U-Beridze wehlulekile ukudlulela kuma-semifinals, njengoba wabeka indawo engamashumi amahlanu nane jikelele kuma-prelims. 