Torie Bowie, the autopsy shows that the former American sprinter died of pregnancy complications

Terrible and sad the verdict that emerged at the end of the autopsy carried out on the body of Tori Bowie, the American sprinter and long distance runner, who died on April 28, at only 32 years old. The Olympic champion in the 4×100 relay at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, according to various stars and stripes media, died due to complications related to her pregnancy. She, the athlete, was pregnant and was eight months waiting: at the time of her disappearance, according to her reconstructions, she had just gone into labor.

Among the possible complications that led to the death, according to what emerged from the report of the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office, there would be breathing difficulties and eclampsia, a rare condition that causes seizures following a spike in hypertension during pregnancy.

Tori Bowi had an important palmares: she was considered the top sprinter in the US of the last decade, the only one able to contain the excessive power of the Jamaican champions. She won a gold in the 4x100m, a silver in the 100m and a bronze in the 200m at the 2016 Rio Olympics and clinched the 100m at the 2017 London World Championships.

He had great notoriety in the States: just think that his instagram profile has over 43 million followers. On the other hand, Bowie combined her sporting activity with that of a model and, unknowingly, an influencer for a vast African-American community that had taken her as a reference on her social networks. And the emotion of friends and fans poured out right on her social networks. The combination, for all athletics enthusiasts, is automatic: the one with another unforgettable US champion like Florence Griffith-Joyner. She too died young, suddenly at the age of 38 from an epileptic attack, after a sporting career crowned with Olympic and world successes and which still today sees her as the holder of the world records over the 100 meters (10″49) and 200 meters (21″34 ).

Tori Bowie’s body was found dead at her Florida home. The whole world of sport has joined her family. The first comment to the news of her disappearance is from her historical “rival”, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: «My heart breaks for Tori Bowie’s family. A rival light source. Your energy and your smile will always be with me», the memory of the Jamaican sprinter on social media. It was Fraser-Pryce who burned Tori Bowie at the 100m finish line at Rio 2016, where the American took her revenge, however, by leading the American relay team to win gold in the 4x100m. To this she then joined the bronze in the 200 meters. The following year, at the 2017 World Championships in London, Tori Bowie won the 100m world title. She then decided to go back to competing in the long jump, her passion since she was a child, which had also led her to win a scholarship to attend Mississippi University. She came fourth at the Doha 2019 World Cup. A story of redemption and willpower: Tori Bowie and her sister were adopted and raised by their biological grandmother. Then, thanks to her sport, Tori began the journey that led her to tread athletic tracks around the world up to today’s tragic epilogue.