{"id":8175,"date":"2021-05-07T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8175"},"modified":"2021-05-07T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:49:51","slug":"south-africas-conrad-stoltz-to-retire-after-xterra-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8175","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s Conrad Stoltz to retire after Xterra UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p ><strong>It\u2019s the end of an era for \u2018The Caveman\u2019 \u2013 South Africa\u2019s Conrad Stoltz says he\u2019ll retire after Xterra UK this weekend (29-30 August).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >&gt;&gt;&gt; Is there any stopping \u2018Caveman\u2019 Conrad Stoltz?<\/p>\n<p >\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure this it,\u201d says the four-time Xterra world champ. \u201cI don\u2019t have regrets. I\u2019m 41, I had a fantastic career, have lots of memories and have done a lot of neat stuff.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >The most successful off-road triathlete ever, Stoltz has racked up 51 career championship wins (53 if you count Buffelspoort cross triathlon) and seven world titles, including four Xterra world titles and three ITU Cross Triathlon world titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.shopskm.com\/rugby-Jerseys\/NRL-Telstra-Premiership\/Sharks' title='shopskm'>shopskm<\/a><\/p>\n<p >Stoltz says the best thing that ever happened was the birth of his baby girl Xena in the off-season. \u201cShe changed our lives in a huge way. Everything else pales in comparison now that we have this little bundle. My retirement means we can really spend a lot of time with her and we literally have her with us all the time. Being a Dad is indescribable. It\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p >Hugely respected for his fearless downhill skills, fierce competitive streak and warm demeanour, Stoltz will be hoping to bow out with a win at Vachery Estate in Surrey this weekend \u2013 he won last year\u2019s event by nearly three minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p >Over the past 15 years racing Xterra, The Caveman has become known as one of the most approachable and generous athletes in the sport \u2013 from signing autographs and providing simple words of advice to full-blown mentoring gigs and visiting sick kids at children\u2019s hospitals.<\/p>\n<blockquote  lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">#TBT The story of my first XTERRA: http:\/\/t.co\/zOAwuM9Apo @XTERRAoffroad<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conrad Stoltz (@ConradStoltz) August 27, 2015<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p >And the secret to his longevity? His Dad said: \u201cI once showed him a dung beetle that was trying to roll his ball of dung up a very steep incline. The ball kept rolling back, but the beetle kept retrieving the ball and pressing forward. I said to Conrad, \u2018That\u2019s how one should live one\u2019s life. One never gives up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p ><strong><em>Can The Caveman make it one last win in Cranleigh? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the end of an era for \u2018The Caveman\u2019 \u2013 South Africa\u2019s Conrad Stoltz says he\u2019ll retire after Xterra UK this weekend (29-30 August). Advertisement &gt;&gt;&gt; Is there any stopping \u2018Caveman\u2019 Conrad Stoltz? \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure this it,\u201d says the four-time Xterra world champ. \u201cI don\u2019t have regrets. I\u2019m 41, I had a fantastic career,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}