Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Preda ya yi gasa ga Romania a wasanni biyu na iyo a Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2008 a Beijing. Da yake jagorantar wasannin, ya zira kwallaye na goma sha takwas a cikin 1:02.16 (100 m breaststroke) don doke FINA B-cut (1:03.72) a gasar
Gasar zakarun Turai watanni biyar da suka gabata a Eindhoven, Netherlands. A cikin tseren tseren tseren mita 100, Preda ya kori 1:01.77 don sauke rikodin kansa na Romania a kan kayan aikin jiki ta hanyar 0.11 na biyu kuma ya daidaita na uku tare da Jonas Andersson na Sweden a zagaye na biyar, amma ya kasa ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, ya gama na talatin da daya a cikin prelims. Kusan mako guda bayan haka, Preda ya haɗu da Răzvan Florea, Ioan Gherghel, da Norbert Trandafir a cikin 4 × 100 m medley relay. Yin iyo a kafa na nono a zagayen farko, Preda ya rubuta rabuwa na 1:01.41, kafin 'yan Romaniya huɗu suka gama tseren a matsayi na biyar kuma na goma sha uku gaba ɗaya tare da sabon rikodin ƙasa na 3:38.00.