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Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, the Olympic Games have had a mascot, usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage. The first major mascot in the Olympic Games was Misha in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Misha was used extensively during the opening and closing ...
1932 Summer Olympics: Los Angeles: Smoky: Dog — The only Olympic mascot to be a real live animal. (unofficial) [2] 1964 Summer Olympics: Tokyo: Kapa: Kappa: Unknown (unofficial) [3] 1968 Winter Olympics: Grenoble: Schuss: Skier: Aline Lafargue: Abstract figure with the colors of the flag of France. (unofficial, later recognised by the IOC) [4 ...
The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or monotypic taxon of its family Ornithorhynchidae and genus Ornithorhynchus , though a number of related species appear ...
Beijing became the first city ever to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Like the Summer Olympics held six months earlier in Tokyo, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the implementation of strict health and safety protocols, including restrictions on public attendance at the Games. The Games included a record 109 events over 15 ...
Other events competed in by Summer and Winter Olympians include fencing, sailing, ski jumping, and equestrian events. Only seven of the 139 athletes won medals in both the Summer or Winter Olympics. [3] [4] Eddie Eagan and Gillis Grafström were the only two athletes to win gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
(The official logo for the Paris Olympics subtly references Marianne, if you look closely.) But violent, passionate revolution doesn’t quite fit with the Olympic charter, so Les Phryges are a ...
Olly, Syd and Millie were the official mascots of the 2000 Summer Olympics, and Lizzie was the official mascot of the 2000 Summer Paralympics, both held in Sydney, Australia. Olly, Syd and Millie were named by Philip Sheldon from advertising agency DMBB and represented air, soil and water.