Enlarge this imageWNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom in Khimki Brad Kaaya Jersey just outside Moscow, on Friday.Alexander Zemlianichenko/APhide captiontoggle captionAlexander Zemlianichenko/APWNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom in Khimki just outside Moscow, on Friday.Alexander Zemlianichenko/APMOSCOW A Ru sian court has extended the pre-trial detention of WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner by one month, her Moscow lawyer tells NPR.Griner's lawyer, Alexander Boikov said a snap hearing was announced for Friday during which the judge prolonged the 31-year-old athlete's detention ahead of a trial on drug po se sion charges in mid-June."It could take longer. It could happen quicker," said Boikov, who described the scheduling ambiguity as "typical." Sports The U.S. now says Ru sia is wrongfully detaining WNBA star Brittney Griner Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and star center with the Phoenix Mercury, was detained at the Moscow airport in February after vape cartridges containing cannabis oil were allegedly found in her luggage.Griner had just arrived in Ru sia to play for UMMC Ekaterinburg in the country's profe sional women's basketball league.The drug charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Boikov described Griner's mood as "normal" given her circumstances in a Ru sian prison.Enlarge this imagePhoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner during Miami Hurricanes College Jersey Game 2 of the WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky on Oct. 13, 2021.The State Department says it now regards Griner as wrongfully detained, a change in cla sification that suggests the U.S. government will be more active in trying to secure her release.Rick Scuteri/APhide captiontoggle captionRick Scuteri/APPhoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner during Game 2 of the WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky on Oct. 13, 2021.The State Department says it now regards Griner as wrongfully detained, a change in cla sification that suggests the U.S. government will be more active in trying to secure her release.Rick Scuteri/AP"She's been treated OK and has no concerns or complaints about her health. Everything is as OK as it could be," he said.He noted that prison officials had i sued her a lengthier bed in March after Griner who is 6 feet, 9 Chris Lykes Jersey inches tall complained about standard accommodations.She currently shares a cell with two Ru sian women also awaiting trial on similar drug charges. Sports What Brittney Griner's detention in Ru sia tells us about basketball's gender pay gap "The Ru sians speak some English," added Boikov. "They're not friends , they're not enemies. They support each other as they can." Earlier this month, the U.S. government declared Griner was "wrongfully detained" a move that moves responsibility for her case from consular affairs to a special envoy for hostage Jimmy Graham Jersey affairs. A State Department official said the department did not have a comment on Friday's development, but said, "As we have stated repeatedly, the Ru sian system wrongfully detained Ms. Griner." The official said U.S. diplomats attended Friday's hearing and were able to speak with Griner. "She is doing as well as can be expected in these circumstances," the official added. Boikov tells NPR her legal team had been in touch regularly with U.S. officials. "Everything they can do, they're doing," he says. Culture Why Brittney Griner was in Ru sia and what it has to do with U.S. women's basketball The snap hearing came the same day as Ru sian media speculated about a po sible prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington involving Griner. Last month, the White House agreed to a prisoner exchange with the Kremlin to free Trevor Reed, a U.S. Marine sentenced to nine years in a Ru sian prison, on what the U.S. also said Duke Johnson Jersey were false charges.