Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Beridze ya yi gasa ne kawai a cikin maza 50 m freestyle a Wasannin Olympics na 2000 a Sydney. Duk da cewa ya kammala a cikin manyan 'yan wasa 25 na gasar zakarun Turai
a Helsinki, Finland, ya sami tikiti daga FINA, a ƙarƙashin shirin Universality, a cikin lokacin shigarwa na 24.13. Ya kalubalanci wasu masu iyo bakwai a zagaye na uku, gami da 'yan wasan Olympics biyu Howard Hinds na Netherlands Antilles da Emin Guliyev na Azerbaijan. Ya yi tsere a kan layin waje, ya ɓace a cikin shimfiɗar don karɓar nau'i na uku a cikin 24.28, ƙananan ƙananan ƙarancin shigarsa. Beridze ya kasa ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, kamar yadda ya sanya na hamsin da hudu a cikin prelims.