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