Former cycling champion Rohan Dennis is expected to answer charges over the death of his wife, a fellow Olympian. Melissa Hoskinswhen he appears in an Adelaide court.

Dennis, 34, was arrested after Hoskins, 32, was hit by his vehicle outside her home in Medindie, in Adelaide’s inner north, on December 30.

The mother-of-two was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital but died that night.

At a charging hearing in the Adelaide Magistrates Court in August, prosecutors confirmed they would proceed with charges of causing death by dangerous and careless driving.