WNBA star Brittney Griner stated she was “head over heels” for the Americans simply launched in a large prisoner swap after years detained in Russia. Griner spoke to reporters from Paris the place she is competing in basketball for Team USA on the 2024 Olympic Games.
“Great day. It’s a fantastic day. It’s a fantastic day,” Griner stated. “We’ll discuss extra about it later. But head over heels completely satisfied for the households proper now. Any day that Americans come residence, that’s a win. That’s a win.”
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In February 2022, Griner was detained in Moscow after officers discovered two vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her backpack. The Russian courtroom gave her a nine-year sentence in a jail the place she claims she acquired spoiled meals and had few alternatives to see daylight. She regained her freedom in December 2022, following a U.S. settlement to alternate her for the Russian arms vendor Viktor Bout.
On Thursday, the U.S. ladies’s group beat Belgium 87-74 to safe a spot within the quarterfinals on the Paris Games. Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
