title: Starting block
text: # Starting block
  
  Starting block may refer to:
  
  in sports:
  
  * Starting block in track cycling, the object which holds the bicycle at the starting line until the starting signal
  * Starting blocks in track and field, an apparatus that braces a runner's feet at the start of a race
  * Starting block in Swimming (sport), a raised platform mounted at the end of a pool from which swimmers begin a race
  
  in film:
  
  