FELIX DEMANDS BETTER MATERNITY CARE FOR BLACK WOMEN FOLLOWING BOWIE'S DEATH

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Maternity care for Black women needs to be radically improved so that other pregnant women do not end up dying like 2016 Olympic relay champion Tori Bowie, track and field's most decorated woman Allyson Felix said on Thursday.

Former 100 metres world champion Bowie, who won gold in the 4x100 metres relay at the Rio Games along with Felix, died aged 32 while she was approximately eight months pregnant and experiencing labour, according to an autopsy report obtained by U.S. media.

Felix herself experienced life-threatening complications during her pregnancy in 2018, while a third member of their 2016 Olympic relay team, Tianna Madison, wrote on social media this week that she nearly died during childbirth.

U.S. OLYMPIC THREE-TIME MEDALIST TORI BOWIE DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS IN CHILD BIRTH, HER AGENT SAYS

U.S. Olympian Tori Bowie was found dead in her Florida home last month, and at the time, no specific cause of death was announced. This week, Bowie's agent, Kimberly Holland, confirmed to CBS News that she died from childbirth complications.

"Unfortunately, so many people, including the media, are making speculations that she did something to herself, which is very hurtful," Holland said. "So hopefully, now knowing the truth, there will be many apologies." 

USA Today obtained a report from the Orange County (Fla.) Medical Examiner Office that revealed the three-time Olympic track and field medalist had a "well-developed fetus" and was undergoing labor at the time of her death. The 32-year-old athlete was around eight months pregnant when she died.

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Elaine Thompson amenyakua gold ya mita 100 kwa kuwashinda Tori Bowie kutoka USA na bingwa mara 2 Shelly-Ann Fraser...Muda aliyeumia Thompson ni 10.71...Fraser amesema amefurahi kuwa dhahabu imebakia Jamaica...Bofya hapa upate habari zaidi.