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Prize Money Rules
1. Race results announced on race day will be ‘provisional’. Final results and entitlement to prize money shall be subject to the rules mentioned herein and the Race Regulations.
2. Only those Open 10K runners, who finish within 90 minutes from the start time and who fall within the finish positions as indicated in the Prize Money Structure, will be entitled to prize money in their respective age groups.
3. Finish positions of the Open 10K age categories (age as on 26.04.2025), as mentioned below, for prize money entitlement shall be based on respective net finish times only.
| Age group: 15 yrs. to 19 yrs. | Age group: 20 yrs. to 24 yrs. |
| Age group: 25 yrs. to 29 yrs. | Age group: 30 yrs. to 34 yrs. |
| Age group: 35 yrs. to 39 yrs. | Age group: 40 yrs. to 44 yrs. |
| Age group: 45 yrs. to 49 yrs. | Age group: 50 yrs. to 54 yrs. |
| Age group: 55 yrs. to 59 yrs. | Age group: 60 yrs. to 64 yrs. |
| Age group: 65 yrs. to 69 yrs. | Age group: 70 yrs. and above |
4. To be entitled to timing and rankings, and not forego the same, runners must cross the start mat no later than 20 minutes from the declared official start time.
5. In addition to the above, entitlement to finish positions and Prize Money winnings are also subject to –
a. Bib tag timing captured across all timing points on the course, including at the start and finish mats, and
b. Physical verification by technical officials and anti-cheat cameras.
6. Runners found to have interchanged their running number bib and/or bib tag with others, will be disqualified from the competition. Such runners shall not be entitled to any timing or prize money (where applicable).
7. Prize winners declared may be required to submit further proof of identity/age, as may be required by the Promoter, for disbursement of prize money, failing which the Event Promoter may, at its sole discretion, withhold disbursement or disqualify the said participant from competition.
8. Open 10K winners from overseas will receive prize money equivalent in U S Dollars calculated at the applicable exchange rate as on date of disbursement.
9. Protests and Appeals:
a. Any confirmed Open 10K runner of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2025 can lodge a protest in relation to the official race results in relation to overall and/or age category finish positions declared after the race.
b. Such protest must be emailed to tcsworld10k@procam.in on or before 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, 1st May 2025. Emails on this subject received post this date & time will not be entertained.
c. Contents of the email and results there will be deliberated upon and decision on the protest will be intimated by the event promoter, Procam International, after 10 working days of receiving the email. The event promoter may, at its own discretion, call upon the complainant and/or the runner in question to submit documents as may be required to arrive at a decision.
d. Decision of the event promoter shall be final and binding on all.
10. Timing results: Where the timing result of an Open 10K runner with respect to his/her gender and/or age, is required to be updated online, the runner needs to write, no later than 01/05/2025, at tcsworld10k@procam.in, specifying the nature of edit required and attaching the relevant proof of change. Requests received after 01/05/2025 will not be entertained.