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Sports Briefs: Brittney Griner wants another Olympic shot

After spending 300 days in Russian captivity, two-time Olympian and WNBA star Brittney Griner is hoping to make the 2024 Olympic team. (Credit: AP)

By Terrance Harris

(Source Defender):

   WNBA star and Houston native Brittney Griner has expressed interest in making another Olympic run with Team USA. Griner, who won gold at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, is coming off a 300-day detainment in Russia last year in which she thought she might never play basketball again. Griner is currently competing with Team USA in some exhibition games ahead of tryouts for the 2020 games in Paris. “I didn’t think I would ever wear this jersey again. I didn’t know what the future was,” the 33-year-old Griner said during a session with the media at the USA women’s national team training camp in Atlanta.

 

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