Rio 2016 - Vinicius and Tom

Vinicius is the Olympic Games mascot, a mixture of all

the Brazilian animals. He was born out of the explosion

of joy that happened when they announced that Rio

would host the Olympic Games, on 2 October 2009.

Tom is the Paralympic Games mascot, a magical creature,

a fusion of all the plants in the Brazilian forests. He was born out of the explosion of happiness when

Brazilian found out that the Paralympic Games were coming

to Rio, on 2 October 2009.

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