National Olympiad in Guanajuato: Return After 10 Years

Guanajuato, Gto.- A decade later, the state of Guanajuato will once again host the National Olympics by being designated the venue for 4 sports disciplines in the 2026 edition of the largest amateur sports event in Mexico.

When the venues for the 2026 National Olympics were announced, it was determined that the more than 60 sports that are included in the general program will be held in 7 entities in the country.

During the second session of the National Sports System (SINADE), held in the state of Puebla, the venues for the contest were announced, including Guanajuato, the host state in swimming, artistic swimming, fronton and diving.

Before representatives of the highest sports entities in our country, national and state authorities, presidents of sports federations and directors of sports institutes, including the General Director of CODE, Yendy Cortinas, who was happy at the announcement by Rommel Pacheco, director of CONADE, who announced Guanajuato as one of the 7 states that will receive another edition of the ON. The main venue was announced at the end of this day as the “surprise” of this edition: Puebla with 16 sports disciplines.

There will be 7 states that will receive the ON 2026 in 51 sports disciplines:

Puebla main headquarters: rugby 7, table tennis, basketball, 3×3 basketball, karate, volleyball, tennis, soccer, sport climbing, associated wrestling, beach volleyball, breaking, softball, golf, in-line hockey and fencing

Jalisco: bowling, cycling, field hockey, skateboarding, modern pentathlon, shooting sports, water polo and athletics

Tlaxcala: badminton, women’s artistic gymnastics, men’s artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics, roller skates (artistic and speed), tae kwon do and archery

San Luis Potosi: chess, charrería, handball, racquetball, squash and rodeo

Nayarit: open water, baseball 5, baseball, boxing, weightlifting, surfing and triathlon

Guanajuato: swimming, artistic swimming, fronton, and diving.

Yucatan: canoeing, judo, rowing and sailing

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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