Emotion in the athletics world for the death, at the age of only 32, of Tori Bowie: American sprinter capable of winning a gold in the 4x100, a silver in the 100 meters and a bronze in the 200 meters at the Rio 2016 Olympics and winning the 100 meters at the World Championships in London 2017. An important palmares that made her the top sprinter in the US of the last decade and the only one able to contain the overwhelming power of the Jamaican champions.
But what is most striking is the young age of a young woman with great notoriety in the States: just think that her 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 it was precisely on social media that the emotion of friends and fans poured out.
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 ).
The causes of Tori Bowie's death are unknown, whose body was found lifeless in her home in Florida: some sports sites, however without official confirmation, underline that the American champion had been suffering from severe depression for some time.
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it's just that the entire sports world has joined the family often featured in his social media posts.
The first comment to the news of the disappearance is of his historical "rival", Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: "My heart breaks for the family of Tori Bowie. A rival source of light. 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 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
it also led to winning a scholarship to attend Mississippi University.
She finished 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.
