Daniela Larreal Chirinos, Olympic Bike owner, Useless After Choking on Meals

Former Olympic bicycle owner Daniela Larreal Chirinos is useless after she choked on meals in her Las Vegas condo, reviews Fox Sports activities and Spanish newspaper ABC. She was 50.

Police discovered the Venezuelan athlete deceased in her condo on Friday, Aug. 16, after she was reported lacking by her colleagues at a Las Vegas resort when she didn’t report back to work on Monday, Aug. 12, a Fox Sports activities report translated from Spanish reads.

Though the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace instructed Fox Information an official reason behind loss of life for Chirinosos continues to be pending, Fox Sports activities reported that police “concluded that the reason for loss of life had been asphyxiation attributable to strong meals stays present in her trachea.”

PEOPLE reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division and the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace for touch upon Chirinos’ loss of life.

The Venezuela Olympic Committee posted a tribute to Chirinosos on X (previously Twitter) on Aug. 16.

“The COV Board of Administrators regrets the departure of Daniela Larreal,” a translation of the assertion learn. “With an excellent profession in monitor biking, he managed to symbolize us with honour in 5 Olympic Video games, accumulate 4 Olympic diplomas and triumphs that all the time stuffed us with nice pleasure.”

A photograph of Chirinosos holding up a medal along with her eyes closed and a flag draped round her shoulders was included within the publish.

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She was a five-time Olympian, having competed in Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000, Athens in 2004 and London in 2012.

Per Fox Information, she was some of the achieved cyclists in her nation and her finest placement got here within the Workforce Dash remaining occasion in London, the place she got here in seventh. She was additionally a gold medalist within the Pan American Video games and the Pan American Championships.