They Lived Like Kings, Now Their Lives are Miserable

He was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2014, when he was taken to the hospital after he collapsed following the West Java Regional Sports Week in Bekasi. He decided to retire as a professional athlete.

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Former national gymnast, Amin Ikhsan (right), trains his students at Persani Building, West Java, Bandung City, Sunday (12/9/2021).

The stories about the gloomy lives of former athletes who once made their region and country proud does not end. Once victorious in the sports arena and full of achievements, they now face hard lives after retirement.

Former national gymnast Amin Ikhsan (48), who is now a trainer, sat more often than not when training young gymnasts in Bandung, West Java, on Sunday (12/9/2021). The kidney failure he had been suffering these seven years had forced him to cut down on strenuous physical activity. His right leg is swollen, so he delivered the training instructions mostly orally with simple choreography.