TCSW10K Bengaluru 2022 elite fields packed with talent 

Bengaluru, India, 9 May: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) World 10K  Bengaluru 2022 race promoters Procam International announced the  full elite field for World Athletics Elite Label Race on Monday. 

The 14^th edition of one of the world’s top road races over this distance  will be held this coming Sunday 15 May. 

Prestigious additions to those already named – Muktar Edris, Kibiwott  Kandie and Tadese Worku in the men’s race; Hellen Obiri, Irene Cheptai  and Joyce Tele in the women’s race – include Kenya’s Rio 2016 Olympic  Games 10,000m silver medallist Paul Tanui and his compatriot Nicolas  Kipkorir Kimeli, who was fourth in the 5000m at the Olympic Games in  Tokyo last summer. 

Tanui’s road racing record is rather modest, his personal best of 28:39  was when he finished sixth in the 2019 TCSW10K, but on the track the  Japan-based runner has an outstanding record and has a best of  26:49.41. In addition to his Rio silver medal, Tanui has three World  Athletics Championships 10,000m bronze medals to his name as well as  a World Cross Country Championships silver medal. 

His younger compatriot Kipkorir Kimeli was the 2017 African U20 10,000m  champion on the track and will arrive in Bengaluru in very good shape  after running 12:55 for 5km on the road last month. 

Fellow Kenyan Bravin Kipkogei succeeded Kipkorir Kimeli as the African  U20 10,000m champion in 2019 and made a big impression when he  finished sixth in the famous 2020 Valencia Half Marathon, in which  Kandie set a world record of 57:32, despite having been originally  employed as a pacemaker. 

Kipkogei has raced sparingly in 2021 and 2022 but has the pedigree to  make an impact in Bengaluru. 

A third notable Kenyan addition to the men’s field is Matthew Kimeli,  who ran 58:43 for the half marathon last year and has already had three  outings over that distance in 2022, culminating in a win in  Herzogenaurach, Germany in 59:30 just nine days ago

Another man in great shape at the moment is the 2015 world U20 cross  country champion Yasin Haji, from Ethiopia who has twice run 27:00 for  10km in recent weeks, firstly in the French city of Lille in March and then  in Herzogenaurach. 

In total eight men in this year’s TCSW10K have run faster – either on the  track or the roads – than Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor course record of  27:44 that dates from in 2014 

In the women’s race, a number of young and very talented road  runners from Kenya and Ethiopia have been added to the elite field to  challenge the three well-known names that have already been  announced. 

Faith Cherono, from Kenya is just 19 and had a sensational international  debut less than two months ago when she stunned onlookers with a  superb win over 10km in Lille in 31:06. She followed that up by improving  to 30:50 in Herzogenaurach. 

Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Nigsti is only two seconds slower than Cherono over  10km and has been in good form in half marathons recently, clocking  a personal best of 1:06:17 in Valencia last October and going close to  that mark twice in March, her only two races in 2022 before the  TCSW10K. 

Seven women in this year’s TCSW10K have personal bests quicker than  the course record of 31:19 set by Kenya’s Agnes Tirop in 2018. 

The TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2022 has a total prize fund of US$210,000,  with the men’s and women’s winners taking home US$26,000 and  course record bonuses of an additional US$8,000 on offer. 

“The world has had to wait three years because of the pandemic since  the last TCS World 10K. This is the 14^th edition of this fantastic race, and I  am feeling very honoured because many of the world’s best distance  runners have committed to coming back to India to make this one of  the best events in the world over this distance,” commented Vivek  Singh, joint managing director of race promoters Procam International.

TCSW10K Bengaluru 2022 elite fields (with 10km personal best times) 

Men 

Muktar Edris (ETH) 27:17 

Paul Tanui (KEN) 26:49 (10,000m on the track) Kibiwott Kandie (KEN) 26:50 

Tadese Worku (ETH) 26:56 

Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli (KEN) 26:58 

Yasin Haji (ETH) 27:00 

Bravin Kipkogei (KEN) 27:12 

Mathew Kimeli (KEN) 27:11 

Abel Sikowo (UGA) 27.47 

Telahun Bekele (ETH) 27:53 

Reynold Kipkorir (KEN) debut 

Emmanuel Kiprop (KEN) debut 

Women 

Hellen Obiri (KEN) 30:24 

Irene Cheptai (KEN) 30:44 

Faith Cherono (KEN) 30:50 

Tesfaye Nigsti (ETH) 30:52 

Joyce Tele (KEN) 30:59 

Esther Borura (KEN) 31:02 

Faith Chepkoech (KEN) 31:03 

Pauline Esikon (KEN) 32:17 

Lomi Muleta (ETH) debut 

Tariku Alemitu (ETH) debut 

Yitayish Mekonene (ETH) debut 

In addition to the TCS World 10K for elite runners, there is an Open 10K,  the Majja Run (5km) the Senior Citizens’ Race and the Champions with  Disability Race (both 4.2km). 

The Open 10K and the Majja Run have a the virtual run Details are on the event website: https://tcsworld10k.procam.in/

About Procam International 

Since its inception in 1988, Procam International has been the driving  force behind the growth and development of sports management in  India. Founded by Anil and Vivek Singh, Procam is India’s premier sports  management company and is involved in live events, sports  consultancy, and live television production. 

Pioneers of the distance running revolution in India, Procam  International’s Big 4 –Tata Mumbai Marathon, Delhi Half Marathon, Tata  Consultancy Services World 10K Bengaluru and Tata Steel Kolkata 25K  are global leaders in their respective distances.  

They have ushered in a running revolution, that has helped to re-define,  the health, fitness, and charity paradigm of India. 

Procam also promotes India’s largest virtual run, the Sunfeast India  Move As One. Launched in 2020, the event has the community and  fitness as its main pillars.