Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie’s autopsy included an easy-to-overlook, one-line notation beneath the heading “Medical History:” Bipolar disorder.
Around track circles, where the champion sprinter’s absence is hitting particularly hard heading into Saturday’s opening in Hungary of the first world championships since her death, Bowie’s mental health struggles were more than an afterthought.
Though Bowie had access to mental-health services through the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA Track and Field, officials at both organizations said she did not avail herself of those in the weeks before her April 23 death. One neighbor called the U.S. Olympic committee with their concerns and the committee notified USA Track and Field, which reached out to Bowie’s agent, Kimberly Holland.
An autopsy indicated no signs of foul play or drug use. Bowie’s bipolar disorder didn’t make many headlines, nor did her weight: 96 pounds, at eight months pregnant. In her heyday, the 5-foot-9 sprinter was a wall of muscle and weighed 130. “It seemed like she was always out to prove something,” Joyner said. “It was never good enough. ... That’s a dangerous thing.”
The post came six months after Bowie was involved in a February 2018 physical altercation with training partner Shaunae Miller-Uibo in Florida. Both sprinters were asked to seek psychological counseling.
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