RUSSIA APPEALS TO BE DECIDED

Winter Olympics open in two days, but the issue of which Russians are in — and which are out — is dominating the agenda of IOC president Thomas Bach.

As Bach presides Wednesday over meetings with roughly 100 IOC members, the Court of Arbitration for Sport — sport’s top legal body — is expected to decide appeals by 32 Russian athletes seeking spots in the Games.

The 32 failed to pass mandatory International Olympic Committee vetting, imposed as a result of Russian doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee expects 168 Russian athletes to compete under the neutral banner of “Olympic Athletes from Russia.” Hundreds more have been barred, and many have gone to court seeking entry and causing last-minute chaos.

2 brains to go to science.

Two of the world’s most decorated women’s hockey players pledged their brains to concussion research.

American Angela Ruggiero and Canadian Hayley Wickenheiser — who have both retired from hockey — announced they would donate their brains to the Concussion Legacy Foundation after their deaths.

Mangan added to team.

Alpine skier Tricia Mangan has been added to the U.S. Olympic team.

Mangan is a 20-year-old from New York who finished 19th in a World Cup combined event at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, this month.

Stomach virus circulates.

The PyeongChang Organizing Committee quarantined 1,200 private security staff after 41 displayed symptoms similar to the norovirus.