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Amalia Lica wins gold at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Tel Aviv

Athlete of the Week
Athlete of the Week

, 21.06.2022, 13:45

Romanian gymnast Amalia Lică competed
in the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel, where
she reaped gold in the clubs event. The Romanian won 30.100 points being
followed by Liliana Lewinska of Poland and Kamila Gafarova of Azerbaijan. In
the ribbon event, Lica came fifth with the same number of points as the athlete
on the fourth position Anna-Maria Shatokin of Germany.




This is a
great performance for the rhythmic gymnastics in Romania, the first gold medal
in the clubs event. I’ve always said that hard work and efforts eventually pay
off and what our girls are doing is extraordinary. This is great joy for
Romania Doina Staiculescu Romania’s only gold medalist in rhythmic gymnastics
told news.ro. ln the same competition another athlete from Romania, Cristina
Dragan, came third in the ball section and got the bronze medal with 30.700
points.


In the junior
team contest, with Cristina Dragan and Amalia Lica on the team, Romania became bronze
medalist after the host country, Israel, and silver medalist, Bulgaria. For her
performance, Radio Romania International has designated Amalia Lica, athlete of
the week.




Lică
was born in 2009 and made a good start in competitions this year with a gold
medal in the individual all round event of the international tournament in
Greece entitled ‘Aphrodite Cup’.




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