'SCARIEST EXPERIENCE'

Simone Biles Reveals Health Scare That Left Her Fighting for Her Life

She described the incident as “the scariest experience of all time.”

Gold medalist gymnast Simone Biles revealed that a recent health scare left her fighting for her life. “I’m not one to normally share things like this because I value privacy in today’s age, but almost dying wasn’t on my bingo card earlier this week,” the 29-year-old posted on her Instagram stories Saturday. Although she didn’t specify the nature of the medical incident, the image she posted on social media alongside her statement showed various hospital bands on her wrist. She revealed in the post that she remains on bed rest. “This was one of, if not the scariest experience of my life,” she added, noting that the situation was made worse because her husband, NFL player Jonathan Owens, with whom she shares a home in Texas, was out of state for work. She said she would explain the situation in more detail at a later date and thanked her “close circle,” who she said were there for her. In her next series of posts, Biles shared photos of flowers she’d received as well as an image of herself lying in bed, and a screenshot of a health app showing a heart rate of 128 beats per minute. The gymnast made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning 11 medals, seven of which were gold.