Mexico plans to send 120 athletes to compete in the Beijing Olympics. In addition, the Mexican government will be awarding monetary prizes for certain Olympic athletes.

Mexico’s president Felipe Calderon on Tuesday said his government would increase the nation’s budget for sports by 25 percent for athletes attending the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

He also promised at the 2007 National Sports Prize ceremony that the nation’s athletes would have the government’s full support during the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Via Xinhua