CHEMMY ALCOTT insists a broken ankle will not stop her trying to salvage her season at the World Ski Championships.

The British No.1 has yet to fully recover from a horror crash in training back in November but is determined to battle through the pain to compete in Val d’Isere.

Alcott shrugged off the injury as she made an impressive return to action after two months on the sidelines by finishing 15th in a World Cup race at Cortina, Italy, last weekend.

Now she is hoping to build on that astonishing peformance over the next two weeks in France to end a wretched run of form at the World Championships.

The 26-year-old from Hove said: “It was a pretty intense crash but I have always seen myself as a super-human healer so when they said I would be out for three months I instantly thought I could make it back in time for the World Championships.

“My ankle is actually still broken but I am able to ski on it because my boot keeps it in place. The doctors didn’t know it was still broken when they gave me the all clear to race again and said they would have probably stopped me if they had known.

“They assessed me in training and said it was okay to ski but wanted to do some scans just in case and when they came back the break hadn’t healed.

“The only time it hurts is when I go slow so that should be motivation to go as fast as possible. Once I’m on the slopes I won’t even be thinking about it anyway.

“It is my sixth World Championships and I have never skied well at them. People say I am more of an Olympic skiier but I would love to put that right over the next couple of weeks.”

Alcott is hardly easing herself back into action slowly either as she intends to compete in all four disciplines - downhill, slalom, giant slalom and Super G - in Val d’Isere.

She kicks off her campaign in the Super G today, the event she came 15th in at Cortina, before competing in the downhill on Sunday. The giant slalom is the following Thursday before she finishes with the slalom a week on Saturday.

Alcott denies the heavy schedule is a risk as she tries to make up for lost time following a disappointing campaign last season.

She managed just three top 20 finishes in 2007/8 but looked to be back to her best when she came tenth in the opening World Cup race this year before injury struck.

Alcott added: “A good result over the next couple of weeks would be a real boost but I can’t set myself any targets really because I’ve been out so long.

“Coming 15th on my comeback last week really surpassed all my expectations. To do that when I wasn’t even able to walk a few weeks ago was brilliant.

“It shows the technical ability is still there so perhaps the injury may even work in my favour because a lot of the other girls will be tired after a gruelling season while I am still fresh and desperate to make up for lost time.”