“We know there is a strong need for safety and keeping starting blocks well-maintained when not in use. This is a product that every aquatic facility with Starting blocks needs,” said Nabil Khaled, ...

Fans watching major swimming competitions over the years have become accustomed to a similar starting block, typically blue with white on the side and metallic silver backstroke handles. This block, ...

Today's Olympic swimmers are really, really fast. And they're fast not just because of training either. New swimsuits helped them shatter world records at the last olympics. And this year, the ...

Nick Newton, a latecomer to track and field who gained fame as a record-setting masters sprinter and high jumper who invented an improved set of starting blocks, died early Saturday in Palm Springs.

EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Super-sensitive starting blocks frustrated athletes and spectators alike as temperatures soared at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday. "I've never had that ...