By Eva Blandis, ABC
Photo: Instagram / Rohan Dennis
Former professional cyclist Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty over an incident which resulted in the death of his Olympian wife Melissa Hoskins last December.
On Tuesday, Dennis entered a guilty plea to one aggravated count of creating likelihood of harm relating to a crash at the front of the couple's Medindie home in Adelaide's inner-north.
Prosecutors dropped a charge of dangerous driving causing death and an aggravated charge of driving without due care.
Hoskins, a mother-of-two, was struck by a car driven by Dennis outside their home on 30 December.
The Adelaide Magistrates Court today heard prosecutors accepted the plea to the new charge because Dennis was reckless, and did not intend to kill his wife.
After almost 12 months of negotiations the prosecution accepted that Dennis was not responsible for causing the death of the 32-year-old.
An aggravated charge of creating likelihood of harm carries a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment and a five-year loss of licence.
Dennis has been committed to the District Court for sentencing.
Police previously said Hoskins suffered serious injuries and was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for treatment, but later died.
The world champion cyclist was laid to rest at a funeral in Fremantle in her hometown of Perth in January.
The following month, family and former teammates gathered in Adelaide for a public memorial service, which was attended by Dennis, on what would have been her 33rd birthday.
-ABC