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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.

Lyles has indeed seen improvement in his starting blocks over the last couple of years with the 27-year-old breaking his personal bests multiple times in both 60m and 100m sprints last year.