The athletic world is mourning the loss of Tori Bowie, a 32 yr old, three-time Olympic medallist and 2017 one hundred metres World Champion, who passed away lately. Bowie was finest identified for anchoring the United States team that secured a 4x100m relay gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She also earned silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m throughout the identical games.
USA Track and Field (USATF) and Bowie’s administration company confirmed the news of her passing.
Bowie was discovered dead at her residence in Orlando, Florida after the local sheriff’s department said they went “for a well-being examine of a woman in her 30s who had not been seen or heard from in a quantity of days.” The department stated they weren’t treating the death as suspicious.
Bowie, who was raised by her grandmother in Mississippi, switched from long jump to sprinting in 2014 and soon grew to become the quickest woman globally. She garnered worldwide consideration by preventing a Jamaican sweep of the 100m medals on the Rio Olympics. She additionally won the 100m world title in London in 2017 and remains the only American lady to win an Olympic or world 100m title since Carmelita Jeter in 2011.
Cancel anytime poured in from athletes all over the world in mild of her passing. Retired US sprinter Justin Gatlin praised her. He said…
“Tori was a wonderful human being and had a smile that made you wish to smile too.”
Long jumper Brittney Reese additionally honoured her fellow Mississippian. She said…
“You have made lots of us proud. Thank you for representing our state of Mississippi such as you did.”
Jamaican runner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce tweeted…
“My coronary heart breaks for the household of Tori Bowie. A great competitor and source of light. Your energy and smile will all the time be with me. Rest in peace.”
US Olympic athlete Lolo Jones additionally paid tribute, calling Bowie…
“A stunning runner” and “an incredible talent.”
After her Olympic success in 2016, Bowie acquired a hero’s welcome in her home state, with the governor declaring November 25, 2016, “Tori Bowie Day.” Her highschool, Pisgah High School, in the small town of Sand Hillary, put up a sign marking “Tori Bowie Lane” on its campus.
In 2019, Bowie returned to the long bounce event and completed fourth on the world championships in Doha, her last major competitors. Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee president, expressed his condolences in a press release, saying…