Dismal Days in Senayan
After winning two gold medals in the Asian Games, Sarengat faced difficult living circumstances. The poor state of his life as an athlete led him to focus on becoming a doctor in the military.
Tempo
August 16, 2018
Evading the caretaker at the Senayan athlete apartments was a daily activity of Jotje Gozal and Mohamad Sarengat after the 4th Asian Games was held in Jakarta in August-September 1962. These two top Indonesian sprinters lived without permission there because they did not have a place to stay in in Jakarta. "We were kicked out by the apartment caretaker. He said we had to pay," said Gozal, recalling those events of 56 years ago at the end of July at
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