Alexandre Vinokourov, the London 2012 gold medallist, gave up being the ambassador of the candidacy of Almaty (Kazakhstan) to host the Winter Olympics in 2022.

The general manager of Astana will not be one of the ambassadors of the candidacy of Almaty (Kazakhstan) in the organization of the Olympic Winter Games 2022 announced the website Inside The Games on Friday. "Alexandre Vinokourov gave up being an ambassador's candidacy," said a spokesman of Almaty.

Andrey Kryukov told the last week that Alexandre Vinokourov served a doping ban after testing positive in 2007 and he thank that he gave him a second chance. But he seems to change his opinion.