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Almaty 2022 defends use of former doping cheat as Bid Ambassador

By Nick Butler at the InterContinental in Almaty

Almaty 2022 vice-president Andrey Kryukov (right) defended the use of a former doping cheat as a Bid Ambassador ©Almaty 2022Almaty 2022 has today defended the use of Alexander Vinokourov, the cyclist who served a two-year ban after being caught blood doping during the 2007 Tour de France, as an Ambassador for the bid, while also reiterating commitments to human rights following alleged abuse in Kazakhstan.