Politics · Mexico · 4 hrs ago
Mexican Olympic committee seeks 11 million pesos for Dakar youth team
Mexico’s Olympic committee says CONADE did not approve funding for the country’s team at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics.
The committee says it first requested 5 million pesos in March, when the team was expected to include 32 athletes.
After the team grew to 62 qualified athletes, it updated its request to 11 million pesos on September 2.
The committee says CONADE’s separate 60-million-peso contribution for the Santo Domingo 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games was fully spent on that event, and was not intended for Dakar.
It says CONADE told it on October 2 that the requested support had not been authorized, after an October 1 meeting about the funding.
The committee says the deadline to cover Dakar costs passed on October 7, leaving the team’s funding unresolved.
The Mexican Olympic Committee says it requested 11 million pesos from CONADE for Mexico’s team at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
The committee said its initial request was for 5 million pesos, based on a team of 32 athletes, before the number of qualified athletes rose to 62.
It said CONADE funds for the Santo Domingo 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games had been fully spent and were separate from the Dakar request.
The committee said it was told on October 2 that the Dakar support had not been authorized.
- Who
- The Mexican Olympic Committee and Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE).
- What
- The committee is seeking 11 million pesos to support Mexico’s delegation at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
- When
- The updated request was submitted on September 2, 2026. The committee said it was told on October 2 that the support had not been authorized.
- Where
- The request concerns the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal.
- Why
- The committee said the funds are needed for the Mexican delegation, which grew to 62 qualified athletes.
Mexican Olympic Committee
CONADE
Budget relationship
Mexican Olympic Committee
The committee said funding for Santo Domingo 2026 was fully spent and belongs to a separate budget process from Dakar 2026.
CONADE
Rommel Pacheco publicly discussed the distribution of resources for Mexico’s participation in international competitions; the committee’s account says the Dakar support was not authorized.
Dakar request
Mexican Olympic Committee
The committee said it sought 11 million pesos after the delegation grew to 62 athletes.
CONADE
The committee said it was informed on October 2 that the requested support had not been authorized.
The committee said it began seeking 5 million pesos for a delegation initially expected to include 32 athletes.
The committee said it informed Rommel Pacheco that 62 athletes had qualified.
The committee submitted an updated request for 11 million pesos.
The committee met with CONADE official Luis Rivera to discuss formalizing the requested support.
The committee said it received a WhatsApp message stating that the support had not been authorized.
The deadline to meet the commitments for the Dakar delegation passed, according to the committee.
- Updated request
- 11 million pesos
- Initial request
- 5 million pesos
- Delegation initially planned
- 32 athletes
- Qualified athletes
- 62
- Santo Domingo funding
- 60 million pesos
- Deadline cited by committee
- October 7, 2026