HomeNBABrittney Griner Reveals Why She Teared Up During National Anthem After Winning Gold: ‘My Country Fought for Me to Get Back’
Brittney Griner Reveals Why She Teared Up During National Anthem After Winning Gold: ‘My Country Fought for Me to Get Back’
“I was able to bring home gold for my country. There’s just no greater feeling,” said Griner
The win comes more than two years after she was detained in Russia on Feb. 17, 2022, after a customs dog allegedly found vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her carry-on bag. Griner was initially sentenced to nine years in prison, but she was released in a prisoner swap on Dec. 8, 2022.
In May, Griner opened up to PEOPLE about how her imprisonment left her fearful of traveling internationally.
“My wife and I [used to enjoy going] down to Mexico for a bit. But now I’m just like, ‘Nah, I can’t do it.’ We can go to a beach in America. There’s plenty of beaches here. There were countries I wanted to visit before, but [not] now,” she said.
The basketball star, however, told PEOPLE that she was open to traveling to Paris for the Olympics because “the same country that brought me home would protect its Olympic athletes.”
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