What are the rules on the run and at the finish?

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Under sections 5.1 to 5.4: You may run or walk, and may run barefoot. You may not crawl (DSQ). Take your helmet off before you run. Running while wearing or carrying it: warning and amend, DSQ if not corrected. Wear your run bib (if provided) where it can be seen, unaltered. No pacers: nobody who isn't racing may run with or alongside you. Don't grab posts, trees or other fixed objects to swing around turns (time penalty). No poles, canes or crutches unless you have an adaptive athlete exception. Shoes must meet World Athletics road rules: sole stack height no more than 40 mm and no more than one rigid plate, or you're disqualified. You finish when any part of your torso crosses the vertical line at the leading edge of the finish line (or by the timing device if no official is there). At USA Triathlon National and World Triathlon qualifying events, nobody else may accompany you in the finish chute.