It is Nikita Filippov, who competes in ski mountaineering, who has been given permission to compete.
Previously, Russian figure skaters Adelia Petrosjan and Pyotr Gumennik have also received approval to participate. Belarusian figure skater Viktoryja Safonova has also been given the go-ahead.
Athletes from Russia and Belarus will compete under neutral flags and without national anthems at next year's Olympics. There are also requirements that athletes who want to participate in the Olympics must not have any connection to the Russian military or have shown support for Russia's war of invasion in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world map, American Lindsey Vonn, who competes in alpine skiing, has officially received an Olympic ticket.
The 41-year-old made a comeback last year after six years without competing, and has lined up podiums this season and leads the downhill cup.
Vonn has one Olympic gold medal (downhill, Vancouver 2010) and two Olympic bronze medals (super-G, Vancouver 2010 and downhill, Pyeongchang 2018).
Next year's games will be the first to feature ski mountaineering on the program. Orienteer Tove Alexandersson has competed in the sport but failed to qualify for the Olympics.
The Milan-Cortina Olympics will take place from February 6 to 22.




