Riaan UBrittney Grinernaphezu kokuba omelene nomgwaqo ngoLwesihlanu, uthole ukuhalalisela okuvela esixukwini saseLos Angeles ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku.
I-Griner’s I-Phoenix Mercury baqala isizini yabo e-LA bebhekene ne-Sparks – kuphawula umdlalo wakhe wokuqala we-WNBA (ngaphandle kwe-preseason) kusukela ngo-Oct. 17, 2021 kuma-WNBA Finals.
“Uza emsebenzini, kufanele ubeke yonke into eceleni,” kusho uGriner etshela umsakazo we-ESPN ngemizwa yakhe ngemuva kwekota yokuqala.
UGriner waboshwa ngoFebhuwari 2022 esikhumulweni sezindiza saseMoscow iSheremetyevo ngemuva kokuthi iziphathimandla zithole izigqoko ze-vape ezinamafutha ensangu emthwalweni wakhe.
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U-Brittney Griner #42 we-Phoenix Mercury ubukele ngesikhathi somdlalo ngokumelene ne-Los Angeles Sparks ngoMeyi 19, 2023, e-Crypto.Com Arena e-Los Angeles, eCalifornia. (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)
Wagwetshwa iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ngo-Agasti ngemuva kokuvuma amacala ezidakamizwa kodwa wadayiselwa umdayisi wezikhali waseRussia uViktor Bout. ukushintshana kweziboshwa okunempikiswano ngoDisemba. Wabuyela e-US ngomhlaka-9 Disemba.
UBout, owaziwa umhlaba wonke njengo “Umthengisi Wokufa,” ubedonsa iminyaka engu-25 ejele likahulumeni ngemuva kokulahlwa yicala lokwakha itulo lokubulala abantu baseMelika elihlobene nokwesekwa yinhlangano yamaphekula yaseColombia.
Ngaphambi komdlalo, uvakashelwe egumbini lokushintshela iPhini likaMongameli uKamala Harris, owakhuluma nabo bobabili abakwaMercury nabakwaSparks ndawonye.
“Ngiyabonga ngakho konke okwenzile ukweseka u-Brittney, ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi lokho kwakukubi, futhi bekunzima kakhulu kuwena,” kusho u-Harris.
UGriner uthe “ube nesipiliyoni esibuhlungu” eRussia.
U-Brittney Griner #42 we-Phoenix Mercury umele Iculo Lesizwe ngaphambi komdlalo ne-Los Angeles Sparks ngoMeyi 19, 2023 e-Crypto.Com Arena e-Los Angeles, eCalifornia. (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)
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“Ngafika eMoscow ukuze ngijoyine iqembu le-basketball le-UMMC Ekaterinburg futhi ngokushesha ngavalelwa esikhumulweni sezindiza. Lolo suku lwaluyisiqalo sesikhathi esingaqondakali empilweni yami okuyimanje kuphela engilungele ukwabelana ngaso,” uGriner. ubhale kokuthunyelwe ku-Instagram.
I-WNBA ithumele ividiyo yabadlali abambalwa be-Los Angeles Sparks – ophikisana noGriner ngoLwesihlanu – bexoxa ngenkanyezi ye-WNBA ngokukhanya okuhle ngoLwesine.
“Engikuthandayo ngokubuyisela i-BG phansi ukuthi i-basketball yindawo yakhe ephephile,” Umgadli weSparks uChiney Ogwumike uthe kuvidiyo. “Ngikhulele e-Houston, eTexas ndawonye kanye nodadewethu, sawulandela umsebenzi wakhe eduze, saseseka sodwa, futhi nje ukumthola, kusho umhlaba kithi.”
Isikhungo sasePhoenix Mercury uBrittney Griner (42) uyazifudumeza ngaphambi komdlalo we-basketball we-WNBA ngokumelene neLos Angeles Sparks eLos Angeles, ngoLwesihlanu, Meyi 19, 2023. (Isithombe se-AP/Ashley Landis)
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UGriner ushaye phansi amagoli akhe amabili okuqala ebusuku.
