«Really hard moment»- Corriere TV

Brittney Griner was moved right away as she spoke to reporters for the first time since hers detention of almost 10 months in Russia for drug-related charges. “It was really hard”, admitted the WNBA basketball player at the press conference: “I relied on hard work to overcome difficulties, like when you die in training and go on”, added Griner. The young woman was arrested in February 2022 at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities found vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in a search of her luggage. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years, but she was released in a prisoner exchange in December.