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"I have the self-belief to win gold. I know it sounds crazy when I've never finished on the podium yet... but I know what I am capable of."
Britain's top skier is certainly not shy about her Winter Olympics aspirations but it's time for the talking to stop and for her to start registering results to back up her words.
The countdown to the next February starts in earnest when the season begins with the traditional curtain-raiser in Soelden, Austria, on 24 October.
Alcott will be there, competing in the giant slalom and hoping for a performance like last year when she won the second leg of the race to finish 10th overall.
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