Apparently they're born from drops of steel from London's 2012 Olympic stadium, and their names are inspired by Much Wenlock in Shropshire and Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, two towns with Olympic history at their heart - ‘Much Wenlock Games’ predated the modern games, whilst Stoke Mandeville is the birthplace of the Paralympics, for whom 'Mandeville'
Painted rocks
See the photos, videos and stories behind decades of Olympic mascots. These original images give concrete form to the Olympic spirit, promote the culture of the host city, and give the event a festive atmosphere
The Olympic Mascots - thanks to TrueKitsune for naming them for me
This list was first published in 2008. Seems a good time to revisit it. A good Mascot is a symbol of the spirit of the Olympics in general; while, at the
My topic this week: The mascots of the Summer Olympic Games, and any animation associated with them. I cannot find that anyone else has written about this, so I might...
As Wenlock and Mandeville are unveiled as the official mascots for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, we take a look at the mascots representing each summer games since 1972
This project was about creating Olympic mascots for the city of your choice, so I chose Kyoto, regardless that Tokyo was just chosen for the 2020 Olympics. (However, Kyoto was the other consideration for that year.)The mascots are based off of animals f…
We started with Waldi, the dachshund, and via eagles, beavers, bears and superheroes, we have Wenlock and Mandeville for London 2012
BeiBei, JingJing, HuanHuan, YingYing and NiNi
Design of Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games mascots for Bosco company.
Meet the mascots of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, happening in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (the home of Kidzworld!) from February 12, 2010 to March 21, 2010.
We ranked the Olympic mascots from least creepy to most creepy, including the unsettling mascot from the 2016 Rio Summer Games.
Designed by Spiros Gogos, Paragraph Design, the Athens 2004 mascots, Phevos and Athena, promote the Olympic spirit and culture of the host city.
Learn about Olympic Games mascots through the years. From the very first official mascot to today's fun Rio ones.
List of mascots from each Olympic games since 1972
What's the story behind South Korea's Olympic mascots?
Some of them are adorable. Some of them are atrocious. All of them are, on some level, creepy. They are the mascots of the Winter Olympic Games, and these are their stories.
The Paris 2024 Olympics have new Olympic mascots, The Phryges, are modelled on phrygian caps. But here's what they actually are.
