Following reports that she choked on her lunch, an Olympic cyclist was discovered dead in her flat.
Daniela Larreal Chirinos, a former athlete, had not shown up at the hotel where she worked when worried coworkers called the police.
When police arrived at her Las Vegas flat on Friday, August 16, they discovered her body inside, according to Mail Online.
Her coworkers contacted authorities on August 12, suggesting that she may have passed away on August 11.
The investigation’s insiders claim that Larreal, 50, passed away from asphyxiation.
Solid food remnants were reportedly discovered in her windpipe during the post-mortem investigation, indicating that she had choked to death.
Police have not yet formally confirmed the cause of death, though.
Larreal was a well renowned athlete from Venezuela.
Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and London 2012 were the five Olympic Games in which she participated. It was stated by NeedToKnow that she received four track cycling diplomas.
From 1990 to 2012, Larreal was the most important person in Venezuelan cycling. In Tegucigalpa, Honduras, during the 1990 Central American Games, she took home a silver medal.
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In Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, during the 2003 Pan American Games, she took home two more silver medals. At the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, Larreal also took home three gold medals and a silver.
