A senior official announced that Mexico, which first hosted the Summer Games more than 50 years ago, has given up on hosting the Olympics in 2036.
“We had a talk with the International Olympic Committee and we saw that the competition is very tough,” Mexican Olympic Committee head Maria Jose Alcala told reporters on Tuesday.
Mexico was considering a bid to host the Youth Olympic Games instead, she said.
In October 2022, Alcala and the then-foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said that Mexico intended to host the Olympics in 2036.
The country in Latin America would have hosted the Summer Games for the second time.
The 1968 Olympics were held in Mexico City, at an altitude of 2,240 meters (7,350 feet) above sea level.
India, Indonesia, Poland and Turkey are among the other countries that hope to host the 2036 Olympics.
