World Athletics Championships 2017: 100 metres champion Tori Bowie pulls out of 200m

ByEurosport

Updated 08/08/2017 at 19:52 GMT

World 100 metres champion Tori Bowie abandoned her bid to add the 200 metres gold when she withdrew from the heats of the longer event at the World Championships on Tuesday.

Tori Bowie of the United States crosses the finish line ahead of Elaine Thompson of Jamaica in the Women's 100 Metres Final during day three of the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships London 2017 at The London Stadium on August 6, 2017 in London, Unit

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The 26-year-old American had suffered cuts and bruises in winning the 100 metres title after tumbling headlong on to the track following her dip to claim victory.

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She could have joined Katrin Krabbe and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as the only women to have completed the 100/200m double in the same championships but had admitted to feeling "beaten up" after her fall.

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