Coutts positive in wake of attack Short and sweet: Olympian Alicia Coutts has regained her spark for swimming. Alicia Coutts says she would steer clear of the Australian teammate who was reprimanded for "inappropriate behaviour" towards her earlier this year, if they both made the team for the world championships in Barcelona this year. Coutts has not publicly confirmed who allegedly launched a verbal attack on her at a swim meet in Perth in January, but it was reported last month that the swimmer was Matt Targett. Swimming Australia also will not name the swimmer or the reason for the punishment, but Fairfax Media understands Targett was reprimanded. Coutts, Australia's best performer in the pool in London, where she won five medals, faced the media on Wednesday in the lead-up to the national titles, which begin in Adelaide on Friday, and when asked about the incident she said: "I haven't really been thinking about it, I'm just trying to put it behind me." But her body language appeared to suggest otherwise, and when asked if she could cope with being on the same team in Barcelona as Targett, she said: "I think I can. I'll just do my own thing. Coutts said she would not allow the episode to distract her from the task of following up her Olympic success. "I didn't want to let it upset me or anything like that, so I'm just focusing on what I need to do here," she said. Some people might find it difficult, but I'm pretty good at that, so I'm just going to forget about it. I think generally everyone played true to the rules in Perth, with the [one] exception, so I think collectively the team is trying to work better to be a group. Coutts revealed she had considered quitting the sport last year. She said she struggled to get back to a normal routine after the high of the Olympics, but after talking with family and friends, and changing some aspects of her training regime and introducing the one-lap dash events to her program, she "snapped out of it," but was committed only to short-term goals. I went through a little bit of a patch where I was like, 'I don't know if I want to swim any more', and I think mixing it up and doing those things has sort of made it a little bit more enjoyable, and getting out and doing some different events has made it more fun and not so serious. I'm not committing myself. I'm not saying I'm going to 2016 [Olympics]. I'm just taking it as it comes and as long as I do keep enjoying it and keep swimming, well then, I'll keep swimming. Meanwhile, London Paralympic star Maddison Elliott has set herself a tough challenge at the multi-class national titles in Adelaide. Elliott, who became Australia's youngest Paralympic gold medallist when, at 13, she was a member of the 4x100 freestyle relay team, will swim in 10 events, although her main focus will be on the 50 and 100 freestyle as she eyes a berth in the team for the world titles, which will be held in Montreal. Elliott broke the 50 freestyle (S-8) world record at the age titles earlier this month and is confident she can repeat the effort. "I was hoping I wouldn't get it at the Australian age [championships] and save it for here, but now I know that I can do it here," she said. If I can do it once, I can do it again, so I'm hoping I can do it.