IAAF clears 18 Russian athletes to compete as neutrals at indoor track championships

Danil Lysenko, who won silver at last year's world championships, and former European pole vault champion Anzhelika Sidorova will compete as neutrals

Mariya Lasitskene will be able to compete as a neutral athlete (Getty)

High jump world champion Mariya Lasitskene is among 18 Russians that have been cleared to compete internationally in time for the world indoor track championships.

The IAAF renewed permission for the 18 Russians, all of whom competed last year as neutral athletes because Russia has been suspended for doping.

Also on the list is Danil Lysenko, who won silver at last year's world championships, and former European pole vault champion Anzhelika Sidorova.

The IAAF says it has received 80 applications from Russians and is still working through them, with priority for athletes who want to compete at the March 1-4 world indoors in Britain.

One notable absentee from Thursday's list is former world 110-meter hurdles champion Sergei Shubenkov, though it isn't clear whether he intends to race in March.

List of athletes cleared:

Discus: Viktor Butenko, Yuliya Maltseva

Hammer throw: Danila Danilov, Sofiya Palkina, Aleksei Sokyrskii

Shot put: Aleksandr Lesnoy

Pole vault: Alyona Lutkovskaya, Ilya Mudrov, Olga Mullina, Anzhelika Sidorova

Triple jump: Alexsey Fedorov, Irina Gumenyuk, Viktoriya Prokopenko

High jump: Mariya Lasitskene, Danil Lysenko

Sprints: Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko, Alaina Mamina, Polina Mille