Meet Tom, the Paralympic mascot of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games ... a Brazilian bossa nova song that has reached worldwide fame. The Olympic counterpart to Tom is also named after a musician, the ...

An example of this in the Olympics is 'Vinicius' the 2016 mascot for Rio which was a merge of different Brazilian animals to represent the diversity of Brazilian culture and it's people.

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 ...

What a perfect mascot for the Olympics in Canada ... Vinicius is a mix of different Brazilian animals and represents the diversity of the Brazilian people and culture — with a little bit ...

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 sports a full body shell of ice like an astronaut suit, which helps it skate alongside athletes, and attempts to embody the strength and willpower of athletes while promoting the Olympic ...