Guilty verdict of vehicular homicide handed to motorist who struck and killed junior US cyclist Magnus White in 2023

Magnus White racing the Cyclocross World Championships in Fayetteville in 2022
Magnus White racing the Cyclocross World Championships in Fayetteville in 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

A Boulder, Colorado, jury found Yeva Smilianska, 24, guilty Friday night of reckless vehicular homicide in the July 2023 death of accomplished junior cyclist Magnus White.

The trial began on Monday, March 31, 2025, nearly 20 months after Smilianska drove her car off the road and struck White, who was riding his bike on a highway near his home in Boulder. 

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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