Milos Kostic continued his amazing assault of the Masters triathlon category by winning two World triathlon titles in 2011.

Milos won the 70-74 year old age group world half ironman championship in Henderson, Nevada on September 11th and followed that with a Ironman World Championship for the same age group in Lailua-Kona, Hawaii, October 8th.

Along the way, Milos won his age group in every event he entered including the Canadian Ironman Championships in August.

An incredible achievement considering his bike accident in 2010.

 

MILOS KOSTIC: SASK SPORT'S 2011 MASTERS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

The Saskatchewan triathlon community is celebrating again as Regina’s Milos Kostic has been named Sask Sport’s Masters Athlete of the Year. Milos came back from a significant cycling accident in 2010 to win two Age Group World Championship Events in 2011, at the age of 70. This is the second time he has won this award. Milos previously received this honor in 2006.

The two most significant feats of the 2011 season occurred less than a month apart. September 11th, in Henderson, Nevada, Milos won for his age group the Half-Ironman World Championship with a time of 5 hours, 42 minutes, 45 seconds. This time was a full 38 minutes faster than the next closest competitor in his age group and set a age group course record. Then, on October 8th, he won the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii with a time of 11 hours, 45 minutes and 5 seconds.  This result, continuing the trend, was an hour better than his next closest competitor.
 
Overall, the entire 2011 season was one of great accomplishment for Kostic. Milos celebrated his 70th birthday in style winning his age group at the Boston Marathon on April 18th, 2011. He finished with a time of 3 hours 17 minutes, 38 seconds. This was 12 seconds faster than he ran in 2010. His time of 3:17:38 won the 70-74 year old age group by almost 5 minutes. In Calgary on July 31st, Milos had no competitors in his age group but still clocked a fast time of 5:46:49 beating all entrants in the 65-69 year old age group and all but one in the 60-64 year Old age group. This was an age group course record time.
 
In Penticton in August, Milos' results for the Subaru Ironman are simply amazing. His time of 11 hours, 14 minutes, 24 seconds is a full 3 hours, 13 minutes faster than his next closest competitor. He was an amazing 362nd overall in this race of over 2000 triathletes (all ages including professionals). His time in 2011 also destroyed the old record for men in the 70 to 74 year old age group. The previous record was 13:08:26. Milos also has the record for fastest time Male 65-69 set in 2009. Milos also raced locally in 2011. He won his age group at both our two big events: the Craven Genki Pike Lake Triathlon (Provincials) and Regina Beach Triathlon. 
 
Milos had a disastrous accident during bike training in the summer of 2010. On highway 11 in Lumsden, Kostic hit a deer traveling at about 60 km/h. The crash forced Milos to cancel the remainder of the 2010 season.Historically, this is only the third time a triathlete has won a Sask Sport annual award. As previously mentioned, Milos won the Masters Athlete of the Year award in 2006 and Fiona Cribb won Female Athlete of the Year in 1991.