Fu Niu Lele, the mascot of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Summer Games, is known for its brightly coloured coat and friendly personality. Its name literally means “Good Luck! (Fu) - Cow (Niu) - Happiness ...

The Olympic mascot Bing Dwen Dwen and the Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon were chosen as ... the overall design of Shuey Rhon Rhon draws elements from traditional Chinese papercut and Ruyi ornaments ...

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 ...

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.

People are waiting six hours in line now for this stuffed panda mascot ... their NBC Beijing vests for a “team photo” and we got clearance to go inside the main NBC Sports Olympics set where ...