Stability of Tori under Lower Sectional Curvature

Let $(M^n_i, g_i)\to (X,d_X)$ be a Gromov-Hausdorff converging sequence of Riemannian manifolds with ${\rm Sec}_{g_i} \ge -1$, ${\rm diam}\, (M_i)\le D$, and such that the $M^n_i$ are all homeomorphic to tori $T^n$. Then $X$ is homeomorphic to a $k$-dimensional torus $T^k$ for some $0\leq k\leq n$. This answers a question of Petrunin in the affirmative. We show this result is false is the $M^n_i$ are homeomorphic tori which are only assumed to be Alexandrov spaces. When $n=3$, we prove the same tori stability under the weaker condition ${\rm Ric}_{g_i} \ge -2$.