VIENNA, March 25, 2009 (AFP) – Former Austrian ski coach Walter Mayer has been remanded in custody following his arrest on Sunday on suspicion of dealing in doping substances, a Vienna court announced Wednesday.

Mayer, 52, who was involved in a doping scandal at the 2006 Turin Olympics, is suspected of obtaining and providing illegal doping substances, including the banned blood booster EPO.

An Austrian cyclist, Christof Kerschbaum, 32, was also arrested as part of the investigation but released on Tuesday after being held in provisional detention for 11 days.

A Vienna pharmacist believed to have supplied the banned substances to Kerschbaum and Mayer is still in custody.