An Olympic cyclist has been found de@d in her apartment after she reportedly choked on her food.
Former athlete, Daniela Larreal
Chirinos had failed to show up at the hotel where she worked before concerned
colleagues alerted the authorities.
According to Mail Online,
Police officers went to her flat in Las Vegas on Friday, August 16, and found
her body inside.
It is believed she has been
dead since August 11, with her colleagues contacting authorities on August 12.
According to sources close to
the investigation, Larreal, 50, died from asphyxiation.
The post-mortem examination
reportedly found solid food remnants in her windpipe, suggesting she’d choked
to death.
However, the cause of death has
not yet been officially confirmed by police.
Larreal was one of Venezuela’s
most distinguished athletes.
She competed in five Olympic
Games – Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and London
2012. She was awarded four diplomas in track cycling, as reported by
NeedToKnow.
Larreal was the leading figure
in Venezuelan cycling from 1990 to 2012. She won a silver medal at the 1990
Central American Games in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
She won another two silvers at
the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Larreal also
won three golds and a silver at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
in San Salvador, El Salvador.
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