 Kọkọ parí gbólóhùn tó wà nísàlẹ yìí: Preda kópa fún orílẹ-èdè Romania nínú eré ìdárayá méjì nínú eré ìdárayá ìdíje Òlíńpíìkì Ọdún 2008 ní ìlú Beijing. Ṣaaju si Awọn ere, o gba akoko kẹjọla ni 1:02.16 100 m breaststroke lati ṣẹgun FINA B-cut 1:03.72 ni Awọn aṣaju-aye ti Yuroopu ni oṣu marun sẹyin ni Eindhoven, Netherlands. Nínú : 100 m breaststroke, Preda fired off a 1:01.77 to drop his own Romanian record on a tech body suit by 0.11 of a second and tie for third with Swedens Jonas Andersson in heat five, but failed to advance to the semifinals, finishing thirty-first overall in the prelims. Preda fired off a 1:01.77 to drop his own Romanian record on a tech body suit by 0.11 of a second and tie for third with Swedens Jonas Andersson in heat five, but failed to advance to the semifinals, finishing thirty-first overall in the prelims. Preda fired off a 1:01.77 to drop his own Romanian record on a tech body suit by 0.11 of a second and tie for third with Swedens Jonas Andersson in heat five, but failed to advance to the semifinals, finishing thirty-first overall in the prelims. Preda fired off a 1:01.77 to drop his own Romanian record on a tech body suit by 0.11 of a second and tie for third with Swedens Jonas Andersson in heat five, but failed to advance to the semifin O fẹrẹ to ọsẹ kan lẹhinna, Preda darapọ mọ Răzvan Florea, Ioan Gherghel, ati Norbert Trandafir ni relay medley 4 × 100 m. Ṣiṣan ni ẹsẹ ti o ni irẹlẹ ni ooru akọkọ, Preda ṣe igbasilẹ pipin ti 1:01.41, ṣaaju ki awọn mẹrin Romania pari ere-ije ni ipo karun ati kẹtala ni apapọ pẹlu igbasilẹ orilẹ-ede tuntun ti 3:38.00. 