Baja California Sur athletes have collected 44 medals in the early rounds of the CONADE 2026 National Olympics, placing the state among the top competitors in Mexico’s premier amateur sports competition. The haul includes 15 gold, 15 silver, and 14 bronze medals across multiple disciplines.
CONADE (the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport) organizes the annual National Olympics, which brings together young athletes from all 32 Mexican states. The Baja California Sur delegation qualified for the national stage after strong performances in macroregional rounds held in Sonora in March, where athletes secured spots in fencing, in-line hockey, sports shooting, boxing, chess, 3×3 basketball, beach volleyball, and track and field.
Cycling Leads the Medal Count
Road cycling has been the state’s strongest discipline so far. BCS cyclists earned 30 total medals in road and track events held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, good enough for third place nationally in the sport. The first gold medals came in team pursuit races. By April 24, track cycling alone had produced silver and bronze finishes that padded the state’s overall tally.
Diving is the second standout sport for the delegation. BCS divers hold a third-place national ranking with 13 medals earned through the competition’s ongoing rounds.
INSUDE Drives the Results
The Instituto Sudcaliforniano del Deporte (INSUDE), the state’s sports institute led by director Noé Fiol Verduzco, has credited decentralized training programs for the strong showing. The approach allows athletes from across Baja California Sur, not just those based in La Paz, to train at a competitive level and integrate into state teams.
Selected athletes will now enter high-intensity training camps through the spring to prepare for the remaining final-stage events. The competition calendar still includes road cycling time trials and route races, where BCS coaches expect to add more medals.
The 2026 National Olympics continue through the spring across host cities in several Mexican states. The BCS state government first reported the 44-medal total via bcs.gob.mx.