Three-time Olympian Alicia Coutts says she doubts Swimming Australia's new guidelines on disordered eating will be effective unless the organisation is fully committed to their implementation.
"They're actually mortified about this and they feel like it's a massive slap in the face to anyone who has submitted to the integrity panel of Swimming Australia and they're just really upset about it," she said."I honestly hope that they can make things better for them and that Swimming Australia can stand up and say that they have made mistakes in the past and some of their staff have," she said.
"The reason that I have been so outspoken about it is because it needs to change, something needs to be done about it," she said. "How are you stopping these young girls from becoming anorexic and getting eating disorders, and being told by their nutritionist that they're overweight, or they can't eat certain foods, or they can't drink certain things?""We just did what we were told because we were scared," she said.
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