The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has cleared about 270 athletes to compete at the Rio Olympics, just one day before the opening ceremony.

The Russian news agency, TASS, reported its athletes have been given a last-minute reprieve, citing the head of the Russian Olympic committee.

“We have received documents on the admission of about 270 sportspeople, now we need to do the updated counting,” Alexander Zhukov, the head of the Russian committee said.

Russia initially planned to send 387 athletes to the Rio Games before the doping allegations.

A number of Russian boxers, tennis players, judokas and shooters were given approval by the IOC panel.

Only one track and field athlete, Darya Klishina, will be allowed to compete for Russia at the games.

The Russian long jumper was given an exemption because she is based at the IMG academy in Bradenton, Florida, where coincidentally the Australian team is now training.

Eight Russian tennis players, 18 shooters, 11 judokas. 29 swimmers, canoeing world champion Andrey Kraitor and Russian golfer Maria Verchenova have been given the green light to compete.

Russian golfer Maria Verchenova given the all clear to compete. Photo: Getty

They will be joined by 11 Russian boxers after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) cleared the athletes.

“AIBA has carried out an individual analysis of the anti-doping record of each of the 11 Russian boxers qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games …” AIBA said in a statement.

The IOC chose not to impose a blanket ban on all Russian athletes at a meeting in July, but chose to allow Russians to compete if they met set criteria as directed by sports federations.

However, the Games’ ruling body said on Saturday those decisions would be reviewed by an independent panel.

The Russian doping allegations centre around the Russian government and FSB security service after a systematic cover up of cheating.

Russian track-and-field athletes and weightlifters had already been banned from the Rio Games as a result.