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Cameras were permitted inside the funeral service to record the tributes to Melissa Hoskins who was killed in a vehicle-related incident outside her family home on Adelaide almost three weeks ago
Melissa Hoskins, the former track world champion and Olympian, has been laid to rest in Fremantle Cemetery in Perth, Australia, almost three weeks after she was killed in a vehicle-related incident outside her home in Medindie, Adelaide, on December 30th.
Her husband, former TT world champion Rohan Dennis, was allegedly driving the vehicle at the time and faces a number of criminal charges.
He is currently on bail ahead of a court appearance in March and was in attendance at the funeral today with the couple's two children, now without their mother.
Ms Hoskins' father, Peter, addressed the mourners, paying tribute to his daughter at the small service for about 100 people, but at which cameras were permitted to record.
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"There should've been more. There's not going to be more," he said. "'But we are left with a lifetime of memories. She was always doing something when she wasn't listening to music and just bopping around.
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"Everything from footy with the boys, swimming, surfing, teeball, netball, basketball - even cheerleading, we did the lot.
"She was a giver, would lend anything to anyone. She loved to cook and entertain. We are grieving, all of us. There should have been more."
Ms Hoskins had represented Australia at the Olympics in London and Rio, in 2012 and 2016 respectively.
She was world champion in the team pursuit in 2015 and also won two silvers and a bronze riding the same event for Australia at the World Track Championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014. She also secured a silver medal in the scratch race at the Worlds in Melbourne in 2012.
The 32-year-old was also a very accomplished road rider, winning two silvers and a bronze in the TTT at the World Road Championships between 2012 and 2014. On the road she also won two stages and the overall at Tour of Chongming Island (2.1) in 2012.
Ms Hoskins competed for Oirca-AIS for four years up to her retirement in 2015. The team was a UCI Continental squad that was part of the team now known as Team Jayco AlUla.
Dennis (33) was arrested and questioned but was released on bail after being charged. He was due to appear before a court on March 13th following the death of Ms Hoskins.
Mr Dennis has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving as well as driving without due care and endangering a life.
