Simone Biles has shared that she is currently in the process of recovering from a recent health issue. The 29-year-old Olympic gymnast posted a message on her Instagram Story on Saturday, accompanied by a photo of several hospital bracelets on her wrist. However, she did not specify what caused her to be hospitalized.
“I’m not usually one to share things like this because I value my privacy in today’s world. But almost dying wasn’t on my bingo card earlier this week,” she wrote.
“This was one of, if not the scariest experiences of my life. Especially since Jonathan [Owens] was in Indy for practices,” she continued, referring to her husband’s preseason NFL training for the Indianapolis Colts.
Biles concluded: “I’ve been in bed resting this week, I’ll explain sooner or later, but s/o to my close circle who reached out, checked in, visited or sent flowers. Love y’all.”
“I’ll be here,” she captioned another picture of her bed, alongside a screenshot of a monitor showing her current resting heart rate, which read 126 beats per minute.
The Independent has contacted a representative for Biles for comment.
Biles has previously spoken about managing health conditions throughout her career. Last year, she recalled how competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver, took a toll on her body.
“I went back to the village, took the elevator, and my body literally collapsed,” she told L’Equipe, the Associated Press’ French sports outlet, in April 2025. “I was sick for 10 days.”
“The other day, we were sprinting in the garden with friends,” she added. “I had aches and pains for three days.”
Biles withdrew from some of the finals events during the 2021 Summer Olympics after suffering from “twisties,” a condition in which athletes experience a loss of spatial awareness mid-air, leaving them at risk of injury when they land.
“It doesn’t feel comfortable, I have no idea where I am, but I’m twisting, praying I land on my feet,” she said of the condition on a 2024 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast. “I felt like I was fighting my body and my mind to do these tricks.”
After she changed the difficulty of her rotation midair — correcting her body position to avoid an accident — there was speculation about what might have been causing her struggles. However, she insisted that she didn’t have a physical issue, adding, “No, no injury, thankfully. That’s why I took a step back, because I didn’t want to do something silly out there and get injured.”
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