Amalia Lică won Sunday night the silver in Măciuci, at the World Championship of rhythmic gymnastics in Rio de Janeiro, at her first appearance in a senior competition. It was only the second world medal of Romania in this discipline, after the one obtained in the rope, in 1992, in Brussels, by Irina Deleanu, the current president of the Federation. With a note of 29,000, our athlete was exceeded only by the German Darja Varfolomeev, the Olympic champion in the title of the individual compound, has obtained 31,700 points.
Amalia Lică, an angel with an iron will. PHOTO PERSONAL ARCHIVE/ GOLAZO
But behind the performance of the little sport is a drama. A drama that does not break the dream of becoming a great champion, but who gave him power to want more. In all the competitions, Amalia is accompanied by her mother, Magda, always worthy, although she moves to a wheelchair. A congenital malformation affected the spinal cord, suddenly paralyzing from the belt down. “I just tell you so much. My feet were taken to get Amalia to receive wings. That was to be. If this was the price I have to pay, I do not regret any moment.”confessed Mrs. Lică, for Golazo.
Amalia and her parents. PHOTO PERSONAL ARCHIVE/ GOLAZO
Amalia’s mother also revealed how her sports girl got.
“He was five years old and still flirting with the dance in the house. I took her to ballet, then to rhythmic gymnastics. He asked for Măciuci. won medalswith two exceptions ”.
In a sport without tradition in Romania, the dream of Amalia Lică is to represent our country at the 2028 Olympics, from Los Angeles. And he will be fulfilled, because Amalia is not alone. He has a strong generation of athletes, but also his mother. And this instilled a winning mentality: “I do not want to believe that Amalia works for me. She is fighting for her and her future.”
