Jessie Diggins suffered from eating disorders when she was younger and has also previously talked about how harmful body comments can be.
This time it is an article in the New York Times that makes the American react strongly.
"In a sport where many women have massive shoulders and thighs, Diggins look like a fairy in their ski suit," the newspaper wrote in an article during the Beijing Olympics according to NRK.
30-year-old Diggins believes that the comment is both destructive and irrelevant.
The New York Times article comparing my body to all the women around me was harmful in many ways.
So I want to be clear: as coaches, parents, teammates and friends, please, please do not comment on someone else's body, shape or size ", she writes on Instagram.
Diggins had a successful Olympics where she took bronze in the sprint as silver in the three miles and was top eight in all races she ran.
"The most important thing I take with me from the Olympics is something I needed to hear when I was 18 years old.
I only managed to get started because I am healthy, happy and have a loving and supportive team around me.
Listening to my body and taking good care of it is not something I have always done, but getting help for my eating disorder and learning to accept my strengths instead of always trying to be "perfect" is the reason I compete today . ”, She writes.
Diggins has been on the podium four times in the World Cup and is third in the overall World Cup.
A spokesperson for the New York Times writes according to NRK that the comment on Diggin's body in this case was an important and relevant detail as physics plays a role in performance.