Autopsy reveals what caused US sprinter Torie Bowie's death

The late US Olympic champion Torie Bowie died from complications of childbirth as revealed by the autopsy, According to reports by ESPN

The former world champion was found dead in her home in Florida on May 2 after authorities were asked to perform a welfare check.

From the autopsy report from the Orange County (Florida) Medical Examiner's Office, the 32-year-old was estimated to be eight months pregnant and in active labor at the time of her death.

USA Today Sports reported that the medical officials said in the autopsy that possible complications Bowie had included respiratory distress and eclampsia. Eclampsia is when a person suffers seizures after a sudden spike in blood pressure during the late stages of pregnancy.

Bowie won all three of her Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio Games, taking silver in the 100 meters, bronze in the 200, and running the anchor leg on a 4x100 team with Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, and English Gardner to take gold.

After finishing second in the 100 meters in Rio, Bowie won the race at the world championships in London a year later.