At the beginning of last May the world of athletics was shocked after learning of the death of American sprinter Tori Bowie.
The 32-year-old Olympic runner-up in the 100-meter dash in 2016 and then world champion in 2017, was found dead at his home in Orange County, Florida by a sheriff’s team sent to the scene, after his relatives became concerned that they would not be able to contact him.
Well, recently the results of the autopsy were made public, showing that the athlete died as a result of complications related to childbirth.
As reported by ‘USA Today’an autopsy revealed that Bowie was eight months pregnant and in labor at the time of her death.
According to the aforementioned media, the athlete would have died after a series of complications related to pregnancy, including eclampsia, a life-threatening attack associated with high blood pressure.
The news of the champion’s sudden death shocked the world of athletics.
Born on August 27, 1990 in Sand Hill, rural Mississippi, and raised by his grandmother, Tori Bowie switched from the long jump to the sprint in 2014, setting the world record for the 100-meter dash at 10.80 that year. at the Monaco meeting.
She then amassed a massive list of achievements in lightning fashion, first by winning three Olympic medals at Rio 2016, with gold in the 4x100m relay, silver in the 100m behind Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah and bronze in 200 meters.
The following year, in London, Tori Bowie was announced as the world champion in the straight line.won in 10.85, and also participated in the Team USA gold relay in the 4×100 meter dash.
Source: La Verdad
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