Ex-world cycling champion Rohan Dennis facing prison after admitting charge over death of Olympian wife Melissa Hoskins | World News

A former world biking champion is dealing with as much as seven years in jail after admitting a cost in relation to a automotive crash that killed his spouse – fellow Olympic bicycle owner Melissa Hoskins.

Rohan Dennis was arrested and charged with inflicting demise by harmful driving after Hoskins was hit by a automotive exterior their residence within the suburb of Medindie in Adelaide, Australia, on 30 December 2023.

The retired bicycle owner was additionally charged with driving with out due care and endangering life.

The 34-year-old appeared in courtroom on Tuesday and admitted the lesser aggravated cost of making probability of hurt.

Jane Abbey KC mentioned: “There was no intention of Mr Dennis to hurt his spouse and this cost doesn’t cost him with duty for her demise.”

Dennis, from Adelaide, can be sentenced at a later date.

It carries a most penalty of seven years in jail.

Hoskins, 32, initially from Kalamunda in western Australia, was taken to the Royal Adelaide hospital with critical accidents after the crash however died in a single day.

She had married Dennis in 2018 and so they had two kids.

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Hoskins was a retired observe and highway racing bicycle owner who was a member of the pursuit crew that completed fourth on the 2012 Olympics in London.

She was additionally a part of the pursuit crew which completed fifth on the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Dennis, who retired from skilled biking in 2023, received levels on the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana.

He additionally claimed world championship titles on the highway and observe and was a part of the Australian crew that received silver within the crew pursuit on the 2012 Olympics.