A disgraced former Austrian skiing coach has been banned for life by the Austrian anti-doping commission.
According to a release from the commission, Walter Mayer received the ban based on his conviction for giving banned drugs to athletes.
The case specifically cited in the ban was one in which Mayer provided drugs and a doping plan to a female athlete between the summer of 2008 and February 2009.
Furthermore, there were other cases of forbidden substances being provided between December 2005 and August 2008.
The 56-year old was originally arrested in March 2009 and convicted in a Vienna court in August 2011.
The Austrian body said in a letter that its decision is supported by the anti-doping regulations of the International Ski Federation, as well as the World Anti-Doping Agency.
The judgment is not yet binding, as Mayer has four weeks to appeal.
Mayer was originally implicated in a blood transfusion scandal at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002. He was banned for the two subsequent Winter Games, but traveled privately to Torino in 2006.
There, during a raid of a private residence where Austrian athletes were staying, Italian police found syringes, blood bags, and performance-enhancing drugs. This set off the investigation that led to Mayer's conviction.
Written by Heinz Peter Kreuzer and Nick Devlin
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