Forbes South Australian police have charged former Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis after he allegedly struck his wife, fellow Olympian and cyclist Melissa Hoskins, with a car Saturday night, multiple Australian media outlets are reporting.
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- The South Australia Police confirmed that a 32-year-old woman was dead after a 33-year-old man struck her with a car, and that the man was known to the victim, but did not disclose the identities of those involved.
- Police said the man was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, driving without due care and endangering life.
- Several media outlets in Australia, including local TV stations and the national Australian Broadcasting Corporation, have named Hoskins as the victim and Dennis as the man facing charges.
- No further details of the crash were immediately available.
Hoskins, an Australian native, competed in the team pursuit at the Olympics in 2012 and 2016. Her team won first place in the team pursuit at the 2015 world title event in France. Dennis won back-to-back world championships in the individual time trial category in 2018 and 2019. His team won a silver medal in the 2012 Olympics in London, and he won a bronze medal in the men’s road time trial in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. In 2017, Hoskins announced her retirement from the sport and her engagement to Dennis, whom she married in 2018. Dennis announced his retirement this year for the end of 2023. The couple has two young children…
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