Mexico hopes to send six taekwondists to the Youth Olympic Games, which take place in Singapore in August, the president of the Mexican Taekwondo Federation Juan Manuel Lopez said on Wednesday.

The federation is confident of winning these places at a pre-Olympic competition set to run from March 3 to 5 in Tijuana, a city in northern Mexico state Baja California, Lopez said.

Six Mexicans won medals in the U.S. Taekwondo Open and the nation is sending a team of 32 to the competition, he added.

"We know that our level in this discipline is strong because many have experience despite their young age," said Lopez.

The Youth Olympics are set to run from Aug. 14 to 26 in Singapore. Mexican sports authorities say they plan to send 50 athletes to the games.