An Australian cyclist has reportedly been charged in the death of his Olympian wife.
TheAustralian Olympic Committeeannounced the death of 32-year-old former world champion Melissa Hoskins on Sunday, and soon after, multiple outlets includingthe Independent,the Guardianand additional Australian outlets such asnational broadcaster ABChave reported that her husband, Rohan Dennis, was arrested and charged in relation to her death.
Rohan Dennis/Instagram
A release from theSouth Australia Policeshared on Sunday — which does not name the victim or the man charged — notes that a man was arrested following a crash in the Adelaide suburb of Medindie Saturday after 8 p.m. TheBBCcited the police report, noting that it was “widely reported in Australian media” that the identities of the man and woman were that of Dennis and Hoskins.
When reached for comment on Monday, a spokesperson for the SA Police told PEOPLE that the police force was “unable to confirm identities in SA.” A contact listed on Dennis' website did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
“He was bailed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on 13 March,” the release read.
According to police, the woman’s death marked the “114th life lost on SA roads this year, compared to 71 at the same time last year.”
Dennis and Hoskins, who wed in 2018, were retired with two children, per Dennis’Instagram account. He last posted a family photo on Christmas of himself, Hoskins and their kids in front of a decorated tree, with the caption: “Merry Christmas from our family to yours.”
Hoskins, a two-time Olympian, represented Australia in the team pursuit event in both the 2012 London and 2016 Rio de Janeiro games, perSports Illustrated. She won a world championship in the event in France in 2015.
Melissa Hoskins, who posed for a photo on Rohan Dennis' Instagram account.Rohan Dennis/Instagram
“Melissa described her team pursuit gold medal at the 2015 world championships as the highlight of her career but for the rest of us, the highlight was just having her around,” AusCyling chief executive Marne Fechner said in a statement Monday after her death, per theAssociated Press.
source: people.com
