Former world champ Dennis gets suspended sentence

Australian former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis avoided jail yesterday for driving in a way “likely to cause harm” before his car struck and killed his Olympian wife Melissa Hoskins.

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A judge in South Australia handed down a suspended sentence of nearly 17 months citing his guilty plea, his remorse and his role as sole carer of their young children.

Dennis, 34, admitted last year to an “aggravated act likely to cause harm” over the December 2023 road incident, which ended in retired track cyclist Hoskins’ death.

Dennis, an Olympic medallist in 2012 and 2021, was not charged with causing her death.