釈放の米バスケ選手、約１０か月ぶり練習 最初にダンクシュート

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】ロシアで収監され、前週に釈放された米女子プロバスケットボール（ＷＮＢＡ）のブリトニー・グライナー選手が１１日、約１０か月ぶりに練習を行い、最初にダンクシュートを決めたと、代理人が米スポーツ専門チャンネルＥＳＰＮに明かした。（写真は米テキサス州の空港に到着した飛行機から降りるグライナー選手）
　違法薬物を密輸したとしてロシアで２月に逮捕されたグライナー選手は、ロシアの武器商人ビクトル・ボウト元受刑者（５５）との囚人交換で釈放され、９日に帰国。その後は健康診断のため軍施設に移動していた。
　この日はテキサス州サンアントニオの施設で軽めの練習を行ったが、所属するフェニックス・マーキュリーで選手を続けるかどうかの決断を下した証しとして捉えるべきではないと、代理人は話している。
　グライナー選手は囚人交換が行われたアラブ首長国連邦（ＵＡＥ）のアブダビから米国に到着後、正式なコメントを発表していない。代理人は、グライナー選手が今週にも公式に声明を出す予定だと話している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/12/13-13:26）

American basketball star Brittney Griner picked up a basketball for the first time in 10 months on Sunday and began her first workout with a dunk, her agent told ESPN.
Women's NBA star Griner conducted a light workout at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, Lindsay Kagawa Colas told the US sports telecaster.
Griner was taken to the US Army base for a medical checkup on Friday after being released from a Russian prison in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the Merchant of Death.
Griner, who was arrested in Russia in February on drug charges, arrived overnight from Abu Dhabi, where the prisoner swap took place, and has not made any public statements.
Colas said Griner's workout should not be taken as a sign that the 32-year-old Olympic and WNBA champion has made a decision about whether or not to resume her career with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.
If she wants to play, it will be for her to share, Colas said. She has the holidays to rest and decide what's next without any pressure, she added.
She's doing really, really well. She seems to have endured this in pretty incredible ways.
Colas said Griner is likely to issue a statement this week and has no immediate plans to leave the base, where she and her wife, Cherelle, have been staying in a hotel.
There's no timeline on her return at this point, Colas said. She's reintegrating into a world that has changed for her now.
From a pure security standpoint, she's not going to be able to move in the world the way she did. It's not a fate that she asked for, but I think she's going to try to utilize her fame for good.
Griner received a haircut on Sunday to style her hair after a drastic trim two weeks earlier when she expected a longer stint in Russian custody, Colas added.