Cartoon characters named Neve (left) and Gliz, representing a ball of snow and a block of ice, are the mascots for the 2006 Turin Olympics. Their debut Tuesday came 500 days before the games are ...

Misha, the mascot from the Moscow Olympic Games, is welcomed along with other previous summer Olympic mascots at Galeao International Airport on November 20, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo ...

Here's a look back at all of the Olympic mascots since they were introduced in 1968. 1968 Winter Olympics: Shuss Shuss, a little man on skis, was created in a hurry ahead of the 1968 Games in ...

Portrait of 1988 Winter Olympic Games mascots “Hidy” and “Howdy” during the World Cup in Calgary, Canada. Izzy, the mascot for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

Here's a look back at all of the Olympic mascots since they were introduced in 1968. 1968 Winter Olympics: Shuss Shuss, a little man on skis, was created in a hurry ahead of the 1968 Games in ...

Portrait of 1988 Winter Olympic Games mascots “Hidy” and “Howdy” during the World Cup in Calgary, Canada. Izzy, the mascot for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sam the eagle was the mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Portrait of 1988 Winter Olympic Games mascots “Hidy” and “Howdy” during the World Cup in Calgary, Canada.

Sam the eagle was the mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Portrait of 1988 Winter Olympic Games mascots “Hidy” and “Howdy” during the World Cup in Calgary, Canada.

Misha, the mascot from the Moscow Olympic Games, is welcomed along with other previous summer Olympic mascots at Galeao International Airport on November 20, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo ...

Here's a look back at all of the Olympic mascots since they were introduced in 1968. 1968 Winter Olympics: Shuss Shuss, a little man on skis, was created in a hurry ahead of the 1968 Games in ...

Sam the eagle was the mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Portrait of 1988 Winter Olympic Games mascots “Hidy” and “Howdy” during the World Cup in Calgary, Canada.