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World and Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene leads a group of 22 Russians approved to compete as neutral athletes at international events in 2022. The ruling body World Athletics said on Saturday that the 22 have met the eligibility standard set by its doping review board. Lasitskene is a three-time reigning world champion and won Olympic gold last year in Tokyo. The 22 also include Anzhelika Sidorova, the pole vault world champion and Olympic silver medallist. Russia’s athletics federation Rusaf has been suspended since 2015 in connection with doping practices and its athletes can o…