The mascot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been revealed:
According to the Tokyo 2020 website:
‘The name MIRAITOWA is based on the Japanese words “Mirai”(future) and “
towa ” (eternity) connected together. This name was chosen for the Olympic mascot to promote a future full of hope forever, in the hearts of all the people in the world’
There is a long tradition of mascots for the Olympic games. I have managed to find weightlifting mascots going back to 1980.
Before we get on to the weightlifting mascots, I should say that I did try to find a picture of the 1976 (Montreal) mascot lifting a bar but may well not exist, which would not be surprising, given the mascot in question:
Now on to the mascots that have put hands on
1980 (Moscow) – Misha
1984 (Low Angeles) – Sam the Olympic Eagle
1988 (Seoul) – Hodori
1992 (Barcelona) – Cobi
1996 (Atlanta) – Izzy
2000 (Sydney) –Syd, Ollie and Millie
(Syd is doing the lifting here)
2004 (Athens) – Phevos and Athena
2008 (Beijing) – Jingjing
2012 (London) – Wenlock
2016 (Rio) – Vinicius
