His designer had just one night to prepare a plan for submission. The official mascot for the second Winter Olympics was a snowman that wore a Tyrolean hat from the Innsbruck region of Austria. Lake ...

But the best part is when the mascot appears as a life-size character! They like to show up and dance to get the fans all hyped up. The Olympics didn't have an official mascot until 1972.

Editor’s note: Follow Olympics opening ceremony live updates. Mascots are synonymous with sports, and the Olympics, worldwide event that they are, prove no different, Indeed, they have a rich ...

The mascot of the Paris Olympic Games may not seem all that mighty to those outside the host country, but that little red hat ...

REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/File Photo At first, it looked like an April Fool’s Day joke when the Australian white ibis emerged as a contender to become the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games mascot.

The Olympics are on the horizon, learn about the history of the Olympic mascots and why they have become so iconic. Take your marks, get set and take on the ultimate Olympic mascot quiz!

Learn more about the vibrant Japanese capital city that will host this year's Olympics, and find out what they have chosen for mascots and medal designs, below. This is Miraitowa (pronounced ...

The mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow was Misha the bear, still fondly remembered by Russians today. A marvel of Olympic marketing, the chubby iconic bear was designed by Viktor ...

While Angus Yuen, 13, agrees the mascots have 'generated hype', he also cannot help but make comparisons with the Beijing Olympics. 'There are too few of them - I wanted to see a greater number of ...

The sources said Sun Arrow also sold stuffed dolls designed after the Snowlets mascots for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. Company executives approached Takahashi around 2018 and expressed their ...