Dhiraagu awards prizes to the winners of 2024 Maldives Road Race

Dhiraagu has awarded prizes to the winners of Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race (DMRR) 2024 – the biggest run in the Maldives – held in Hulhumale’ in October.

Champions of the DMRR 21.1K category were awarded MVR 25,000 as a cash prize with MVR 15,000 for the runners-up and MVR 10,000 for 2nd runners-up, while 10K, 5K - Open and 5K - Office/Resort categories’ champions received MVR 10,000 with MVR 8,000 for the runners-up and MVR 6,000 for the 2nd runners up. Winners of the 5K School categories were awarded special gift vouchers, with MVR 5,000 worth gift vouchers for the champions, MVR 3,000 for runners-up and MVR 1,000 for 2nd runners-up.

In addition to this, Dhiraagu also recognized runners from 21.1K and 10K categories who came in 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in age groups 45-50 years, 51-55 years, 56-60 years and 61-65 years.

Speaking at the ceremony, Dhiraagu’s CEO and Managing Director, Ismail Rasheed extended his congratulations to all the winners, commending them for their remarkable achievements.

He noted that Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race is highly anticipated event, both for professional and casual runners in the local running community as well as for international participants.

He further highlighted that beyond the excitement of the run, the event is also a part of an important fundraising initiative towards the cause of child protection – one of the key focus areas of Dhiraagu’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program – and thanked all DMRR participants for their efforts in supporting this important cause.

Dhiraagu also awarded MVR 680,850 to the 12 DMRR endorsed NGOs, including the total MVR 200,000 donated by the company to the top five NGOs nominated by the runners.

Proceeds from each runner registration and nice bib number sales were also awarded to all 12 partner NGOs to help kickstart their activities to help protect children. Each of the top five NGOs received total MVR 80,071 while the remaining 7 NGOs received MVR 40,071 each.

With over 4,400 registered participants, this year’s DMRR – held on October 25 at Central Park Hulhumale’ – marked the 15th edition of the largest annual run held in the Maldives. Runners from 41 nationalities participated in this run as well as students from 28 schools, including seven schools from outside Male’.

The winners of Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race 2024 are:

21.1K – Male

• Santosh Bikram Bist – Champion

• Hussain Fazeel – Runner-up

• Yoosuf Ibrahim – 2nd Runner-up

21.1K – Female

• Santoshi Shrestha – Champion

• Shamha Ahmed – Runner-up

• Nizmeena Ahmed – 2nd Runner-up

10K – Male

• Hussain Riza – Champion

• Mohamed Irufan – Runner-up

• Abdulla Naasih – 2nd Runner-up

10K – Female

• Anan Ahmed Rasheed – Champion

• Rasona Ahmed Waheed – Runner-up

• Shalshal Moobeen Jaleel – 2nd Runner-up

5K Open – Male

• Santosh Bikram Bist – Champion

• Hussain Fazeel – Runner-up

• Yoosuf Ibrahim – 2nd Runner-up

5K Open – Female

• Santoshi Shrestha – Champion

• Shamha Ahmed – Runner-up

• Aishath Jinanee Ibrahim – 2nd Runner-up

5K School Above 13 – Male

• Aidh Abdulla Rifau – Champion

• Suhail Abdul Samad – Runner-up

• Mohamed Ayaan Shafeeu – 2nd Runner-up

5K School Above 13 – Female

• Zeek Ashraf – Champion

• Thana Ali Shahin – Runner-up

• Aishath Zoya Hussain – 2 nd Runner-up

5K School Under 13 – Male

• Ismail Mul-Ham Azim – Champion

• Ibrahim Masrur Ahmed – Runner-up

• Yooaan Hussain Ishan – 2 nd Runner-up

5K School Under 13 – Female

• Clara Sarena Asif – Champion

• Aishath Zoya Ibrahim Sinan – Runner-up

• Ayra Mohamed Arshad – 2 nd Runner-up

5K Office/Resort – Champion Team

MNDF

• Abdulla Ibrahim

• Shifaz Mohamed

• Abdulla Naasih

• Abdulla Ismail

5K Office/Resort – Runner-up Team

MNDF - DSC

• Hassan Afraz

• Sahaau Easa

• Hazim Hussain Shareef

• Ibrahim Shazim

5K Office/Resort – 2nd Runner-up Team

Conrad Maldives (Rangali Runners T-1)

• Hassan Fayaz Moosa

• Abdulla Azeem

• Abdul Rasheed Hussain

• Hussain Shafeeg

During the ceremony, Dhiraagu also announced the date for next year’s DMRR as October 24, 2025.

DMRR is the only international run held in the Maldives which is listed in the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) World Running calendar with a World Athletics-certified race route.