2023-06-13 16:22:31
The death of the champion had caused a considerable stir in the world of athletics. American sprinter Tori Bowie, then world champion in 2017, died in early May from pregnancy-related complications, according to an autopsy report released by several American media on Monday.
The 32-year-old athlete was found dead at her home in Orange County, Florida, by a sheriff’s team sent to the scene, her relatives worrying that she could not reach her. Rumors of suicide had been spread in the American press. According to USA Today averagean autopsy today revealed that Frentorish ‘Tori’Bowie was eight months pregnant and had gone into labor at the time of her death.
Seizures related to high blood pressure
She may have succumbed to complications related to her pregnancy, including eclampsia which results in potentially fatal seizures associated with high blood pressure, according to the autopsy.
Born August 27, 1990 in Sand Hill, rural Mississippi, raised by her grandmother, Tori Bowie transitioned from long jump to sprint in 2014, setting the world’s best performance in the 100m that year, in 10.80 at the Monaco meeting.
A dazzling track record
A shooting star in the American sprint, she then forged a big track record in a dazzling fashion, first by winning three Olympic medals in 2016 in Rio with the gold in the 4 x 100 m relay, the silver in the 100 m behind the Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah and the 200m bronze.
The following year, in London, Tori Bowie became world champion in the straight line, winning in 10.85, and also took part in Team USA’s golden relay in the 4 x 100 m relay. “Yes, I’m the fastest!” “, she laughed, almost incredulous, in front of the cameras after her victorious sprint.
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