To quote Reagan, "There you go again..."
I never said it wasn't a big deal. Let's just not pretend it's that meaningful in the race world. Again, they'd be smoked by legit 40- 50 point racers.
France used to make you do that test in slalom first. Way harder. 18% for men, 25% for women. Don't know if they still do it.
It's just statements like being x in the world are pretty meaningless without context. You brought this up.
If they're so intent on proving their racing chops, they'd do it if they haven't already. To those in the know, there's not a whole lot of pretend that can go on. So on that note, I agree with SKSkier. But, clearly Japanese Technical Comps are more important to them. That's understandable these days.
There's all sorts of tricks to getting lower fis points. I believe they involve New Zealand actually too.
Sarah Schleper skied for Mexico in 2018. After retirement from the US team and having a kid. Got 41st in super g, dnf in gs.
Prince Hubertus von Hohenloe started the Mexican ski federation,was born in 1959. He actually placesd26th in slalom at the 1984 Olympics.
He became somewhat infamous for his topless ski calendar which a racer for Lebanon was photographed for before the 2014 Olympics.
Well he needs connections there, plus he'll have to pay his own way. Like Schleper did.
Probably be better just to take the Euro Speed Test or Isia test, then work in New Zealand teaching ski instructirs how to race.