Simone Biles Recovers at Home After Serious Medical Event

Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is recovering at home following a serious medical event earlier this week that she described as “one of the scariest experiences” of her life. The 29-year-old athlete revealed the health scare in a social media post on Saturday, June 6, stating she had “almost died,” though she did not provide details about the specific nature of the emergency.

In a post to her Instagram Stories, Biles shared a photograph of her wrist adorned with multiple hospital patient bands. She wrote that she was breaking from her usual preference for privacy due to the severity of the incident. “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 message read.

She added that the experience was particularly frightening because her husband, Indianapolis Colts safety Jonathan Owens, was away in Indianapolis for NFL offseason practices at the time. Biles said she has been on bed rest since the incident at their home in Texas, where she has received flowers and support from her close circle. She indicated she would explain what happened at a later date.