{"id":63858,"date":"2025-08-12T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/63858\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:36:09","slug":"pretorius-of-kamloops-claims-national-downhill-mountain-biking-championship-crankworx-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/63858\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretorius of Kamloops claims national downhill mountain biking championship, Crankworx titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI was more nervous than other races, for sure,\u201d said Pretorius, who is heading into Grade 9 at Valleyview Secondary. \u201cIt was way bigger. There were more people watching. But it was pretty great. My race run went pretty well.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Pretorius backed up the Canadian championship victory with another gold medal this past weekend at Crankworx in Whistler. She edged Burborough-Murphy and Madeline Lloyd of Australia \u2013 national champions in their respective countries \u2013 in the U15 women\u2019s division <\/a>to take first place. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I do good at races, it makes other races seem so much easier \u2013 more confidence,\u201d Pretorius said. \u201cIt\u2019s great.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Pretorious family home is positioned above the Kamloops Bike Ranch in Juniper, the ideal backyard for a burgeoning rider with lofty goals. <\/p>\n

\u201cI want to race World Cup some day, make a living out of biking, get on a big team, do well in the races worldwide,\u201d Pretorius said. \u201cI want to wear the Canada jersey at world champs and, hopefully, win some day. That would be pretty amazing.\u201d <\/p>\n

Pretorius is not the only Kamloops rider who won gold at nationals. <\/p>\n

Johnathan Helly placed first in the men\u2019s 19-and-over elite (pro) division<\/a>, finishing .034 seconds ahead of silver medallist Henry Sherry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI was more nervous than other races, for sure,\u201d said Pretorius, who is heading into Grade 9 at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-63858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}