VIENNA (AP) — Former Nordic skiing and biathlon coach Walter Mayer of Austria will stand trial for allegedly selling doping substances to athletes.
Vienna criminal prosecution says Mayer and four accomplices supplied athletes with banned drugs after Austria’s new anti-doping laws in August 2008 made possessing and selling doping products a criminal offense.
Prosecutors also charged former cyclist Georg Toschnig and former cross-country skier Mikhail Botvinov for alleged false testimony during investigations into Mayer.
Mayer, who has been banned for his alleged role in the doping scandal that rocked the Austrian team at the 2006 Turin Olympics, was arrested two years ago and kept in custody for several weeks for his alleged involvement in a doping network.
