2023-06-13 07:26:00
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.
According to USA Today, the autopsy revealed that Frentorish ‘Tori’ Bowie was eight months pregnant and had gone into labor at the time of her death.
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.
Death of athlete Tori Bowie at the age of 32: the world champion was seven to eight months pregnant
The news of the sudden disappearance of the champion had aroused great emotion in the world of athletics.
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.
She then forged a big track record in a dazzling fashion, first by winning three Olympic medals in 2016 in Rio with gold in the 4x100m relay, silver in the 100m behind Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah and bronze. of 200m.
The following year, in London, Tori Bowie became world champion in the straight line, winning in 10.85, and also won the title with the 4x100m relay.
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