<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - UPreda waqhudelana neRomania emidlalweni emibili yokubhukuda kuma-Olympic Asehlobo ka-2008 eBeijing. Ehola phambili emidlalweni, wahola indawo yeshumi nesishiyagalombili ngesikhathi esingu-1: 02.16 100 m breaststroke ukunqoba i-FINA B-cut 1:03.72 kuma-European Championships  <response>: izinyanga ezinhlanu ngaphambili e-Eindhoven, eNetherlands. Emncintiswaneni wamamitha ayi-100 we-breaststroke, uPreda washaya ngo-1: 01.77 ukuze alahle irekhodi lakhe laseRomania esembathweni somzimba wezobuchwepheshe ngo-0.11 wesekhondi futhi wabopha indawo yesithathu noJonas Andersson waseSweden ebusheni besihlanu, kodwa wehluleka ukuqhubekela kuma-semifinals, eqeda indawo engamashumi amathathu nanye jikelele kuma-prelims. Cishe ngemuva kwesonto, uPreda wahlangana noRăzvan Florea, u-Ioan Gherghel, noNorbert Trandafir emncintiswaneni we-4 × 100 m medley relay. Ukubhukuda emlenzeni we-breaststroke emzuliswaneni wokuqala, uPreda uqophe ukuhlukaniswa kwe-1: 01.41, ngaphambi kokuthi iqembu labane laseRomania liqede umjaho endaweni yesihlanu kanye neyeshumi nantathu jikelele ngerekhodi elisha likazwelonke le-3: 38.00. 