INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
US basketball star Brittney Griner said at her trial Wednesday she had no intention of smuggling drugs into Russia and that she came to the
country despite United States warnings so as not to let down her Russian team.Griner, a two-time Olympic basketball gold medalist and
charged with drug smuggling for possessing vape cartridges with cannabis oil and is standing trial in the town of Khimki just outside
law," she added, saying that she "was in a rush packing."She also said she had "no intention to use" a substance banned in Russia."I
wouldn't do anything that would hurt my team."Griner was detained when she came to Russia to play club basketball with UMMC Ekaterinburg
arrived in Russia despite United States authorities recommending against travel to the country and said that she would "never" risk the
championship."My career is my whole life
