India, June 7 -- Olympic gymnastics icon Simone Biles has revealed that she was recently hospitalized after a frightening health emergency. The 29-year-old American athlete disclosed the ordeal in an Instagram post on June 6 and said that the health scare nearly cost her life.

The Olympian posted on her Instagram Stories on Saturday, saying, "I'm not one to normally share things like this because I value privacy in today's age."

Biles shared a photograph of her wrist wearing multiple hospital bracelets and wrote, "Almost dying wasn't on my bingo card earlier this week."

The gymnast added that the episode was among the most terrifying moments she has ever experienced.

Biles continued inthe Instagram story, "This was one of, if not the ...