Starting blocks are the structures that sprinters line up at prior to the start of a race. The blocks are designed to provide support for runners' feet, enabling them to push off and accelerate.

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The Olympic champion visited the F1 grid for the first time afterwards and shared his views on the similarities between F1 and sprint race starting blocks. Lyles and Bromfield met in 2017 and ...

The athletes are sent back to the starting blocks and the race is restarted. Athletes are shown a yellow card if they are adjudged to have caused the start of a race to be aborted. The issuing of ...