Simone Biles Opens Up On Terrifying Health Scare

Gymnastics champion Simone Biles says she nearly died this week after suffering a health scare that shook her to her very core!

The American gymnast, who has snagged 11 Olympic medals and 30 world championship medals, posted a message on her Instagram Story, offering scant details on her medical crisis.

While Biles did not go into the nature of the problem, she said she was resting in bed and would explain more sooner or later, adding that “almost dying wasn’t on my bingo card earlier this week.”

But she described the incident as “one of, if not the scariest experience of my life,” because her husband, Jonathan Owens, was not home at the time the pro football safety was in Indianapolis practicing with his Colts teammates.She thanked her close friends for their flowers and well wishes.

Biles is a seven-time Olympic champion. Three of her gold medals came at the 2024 Paris Games, where she returned to Olympic competition following a mental health break.

She had previously withdrawn from several events at the Tokyo 2021 Games after experiencing the ‘twisties’—a mental block linked to stress or anxiety—despite arriving as a favorite, having won four golds at the 2016 Rio Games.

In February, Biles attended the Milan Winter Olympics, where she consoled US figure skater Ilia Malinin after he failed to reach medal contention.