PARIS : When she was in a Russian penal colony, Brittney Griner was not sure she would ever play basketball again, let alone play in her third Olympic gold-medal game at the Paris Games.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Basketball - Women's Semifinal - United States vs Australia - Bercy Arena, Paris, France - August 09, 2024. Brittney Griner of United States during the match. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
"I didn't even know if I would play basketball, honestly," Griner said after the United States' 85-64 semi-final win against Australia at the Bercy Arena in Paris on Friday. Griner had a prescription in the United States for medical marijuana and pleaded guilty to charges of possessing and smuggling illegal drugs, saying she had made an honest mistake.
"There was a little moment of anxiety and just kind of reliving it for a second," said Griner, whose trip to the Paris Olympics marked the first time she has travelled abroad since her Russian ordeal.
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