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Answer for the clue "Sprinter's position as race begins ", 14 letters:
starting block

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Word definitions for starting block in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race

Usage examples of starting block.

A half-dozen bodies moved in unison at that last comment, like runners leaping off the starting block.

She put her fingertips on the floor, in the stance of a runner at a starting block, trying to ready herself to jump in any direction.

Kanakaredes thrusts himself into the steep snowfield like an Olympic swimmer diving off the starting block.

Instantly,unconsciously, like a runner from a starting block at the sound ofa gun, Becker was vaulting forward.

Mike looked at Annie and Annie looked at Mike, and then they both shoved Hormat away from the door - but only accidentally, in the process of using him as a starting block.

I tell myself, settling into my starting block and looking at a string of lights --red, red, red, green.