Dhiraagu has presented prizes to the winners of the Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race 2025 during a ceremony held on 13 November. The event recognised top performers across multiple categories and highlighted the race’s growing impact as a national sporting and community initiative.
This year’s total prize pool amounted to MVR 256,000. Winners of the 21.1K category received MVR 25,000, with MVR 15,000 awarded to runners-up and MVR 10,000 to second runners-up. Champions of the 10K, 5K Open and 5K Corporate Team categories were awarded MVR 10,000, with MVR 8,000 and MVR 6,000 presented to runners-up and second runners-up respectively. School category winners received gift vouchers worth MVR 5,000, MVR 3,000 and MVR 1,000.
Dhiraagu also acknowledged top runners across age group brackets in the 21.1K and 10K categories, recognising athletes aged 45 to 65 who secured the first three positions in their respective groups.
Addressing participants, Dhiraagu CEO and Managing Director Ismail Rasheed said the event was a celebration of community spirit, unity and environmental care. He noted that the race continues to serve a meaningful purpose centred on protecting children, with every effort by runners contributing to the cause.
As part of this year’s initiative, Dhiraagu awarded MVR 678,800 to 13 NGOs endorsed by the event. This included MVR 200,000 donated by the company to the top five NGOs selected by runners. Funds collected from runner registrations and special bib sales were distributed among all partner NGOs to support their child protection programmes.
The 16th edition of the race, held on 24 October at Central Park in Hulhumalé, saw more than 4,500 runners take part, representing 44 nationalities. Students from 28 schools and 128 corporate teams also joined. Dhiraagu noted that this year’s race achieved a sustainability milestone by being powered through renewable energy and achieving a full electricity offset.
During the prize-giving ceremony, Dhiraagu announced that the next edition of the race will take place on 30 October 2026. The Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race remains the only international run in the country listed on the AIMS World Running calendar, with a World Athletics-certified route.
