By DPA,
Acapulco (Mexico) : Mexico wants to host a small-scale version of the Olympic Summer Games in 2010 to celebrate the country’s bicentenary, a high-ranking official said.
Jaques Rogge, chairman of the International Olympic Committee, authorized the event Sunday, said Mario Vasquez Rana, president of the Pan American Sports Organization.
Rana was speaking at a conference on American Olympic sports in the Mexican beach resort Acapulco.
Time and date of the Olympic events were to be fixed by the beginning of next year, he added.
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