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Griner, 32, an All-Star centre with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medallist, was first arrested in Russia in February - days before Russia invaded Ukraine - after authorities at a Moscow airport found cannabis oil in her luggage. She was later convicted of smuggling and possessing narcotics and sentenced to nine years in a penal colony.