Tori Bowie

Tragic reminder of a maternal-health crisis

- ALLYSON FELIX, SEAN GREGORY

MY FORMER U.S. TRACK-AND-FIELD TEAMMATE TORI BOWIE was a beautiful runner. Effortless. At the Rio Olympics, I ran the second leg of the 4 x 100 relay. Tori was the anchor. When she got the baton, I remember thinking, "It's over." She just accelerated. At the 2017 World Championships in London, Tori won the 100-m title, earning the title of "world's fastest woman."