Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Preda waxay u tartantay Romania laba tartan oo dabaasha ah ciyaarihii Olombikada ee xagaaga ee Beijing 2008. Isagoo hogaaminaya ciyaaraha, wuxuu dhaliyay waqtigii siddeed iyo tobnaad ee 1:02.16 (100 m breaststroke) si uu uga adkaado FINA B-cut (1:03.72) ee Horyaalka Yurub
shantii bilood ee la soo dhaafay Eindhoven, Netherlands. 100 m oo laabta ah, Preda wuxuu toogtay 1:01.77 si uu u tuuro rikoodhkiisa gaarka ah ee Roomaaniya oo ku jira dharka jirka ee tiknoolajiyadda 0.11 ilbiriqsi oo uu u safan yahay saddexaad ee Sweden Jonas Andersson ee heerka shanaad, laakiin wuxuu ku guuldareystay inuu u gudbo semi-finalka, isagoo dhammaystiray kow iyo soddonkii guud ee horudhaca. Ku dhawaad usbuuc ka dib, Preda waxay la midoobeen Răzvan Florea, Ioan Gherghel, iyo Norbert Trandafir oo ka tirsan 4 × 100 m isku-xidhka isku-xidhka. Dabaasha oo ay ku dabaashay lugta naaska ee heerkulka koowaad, Preda waxay diiwaangelisay kala qaybsanaanta 1:01.41, ka hor intaan afar-geesoodka reer Romania ay ku dhameysteen tartanka kaalinta shanaad iyo saddex iyo tobnaad guud ahaan oo leh rikoor qaran oo cusub oo ah 3:38.00.