Losing joy, battling injuries: The struggles athletes face as retirement looms and why they move on

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"When you're not having fun, it's very hard to keep moving forward for sure," said a former national athlete. SINGAPORE: It was after a competition in July last year that 23-year-old Singapore wushu exponent Kimberly Ong began to contemplate retirement.  Stricken by injuries throughout 2025, Ong recorded the first "Did Not Start" of a decade-long sporting career, after being in too much pain to compete. "I did an event in the morning and I had a second event in the afternoon. But after the