According to the voting results, the official mascots of the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi would be: Leopard, Polar Bear and the Hare. Leopard received 28% of the vote (!!), the White Bear - 18% and the Hare - 16%. Mascots of the Paralympic Games in Sochi would be Fiery boy and Snowflake.
Famous athletes and Paralympians Alexander Alyabyev, Vladimir Kiselev, Margarita Koptilova, Ksenia Ovsyannikova and Igor Pustovit affirmed "Our chosen characters are fantastic creatures that resemble humans, have adapted among the humans, so people would perceive them as equals. They are fantastic characters, but apart from this, they have unlimited possibilities, like we do."
The remaining symbols, that won less points at the voting were: the fourth place - Dolphin (12%), the fifth place - Bullfinch (10%), the sixth place - the Sun (8%), the seventh place - Matryoshkas (the Russian Dolls) (5%), the eighth place - Brown Bear (3%).
President of the Organizing Committee of Sochi 2014, Dmitry Chernyshenko gave his final decision on the choice of the three mascots: "People say - God loves a trinity." Therefore, he decided to leave the three winners of the "race". Each of them would be confirmed as the 3 Olympic principles - friendship,respect and motivation to be the best."
Previously expressed his support for the Leopard mascot Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. According to him, it would be particularly symbolic, as the leopard species have been restored in the Caucasus after being destroyed in 50 years. Leopard is a strong, powerful, fast and beautiful. Leopard breed has been traced out in the Caucasus, but now has been revived, "- he said at the meeting with representatives of the student organizations of Sochi, answering a question about the most likeable supposed talisman of the Olympics. Russian Prime Minister highlighted that the choice of the mascot will be based on the opinion of the majority and would not be based neither on his, nor the Mr. Medvedev's opinion. "
Famous athletes and Paralympians Alexander Alyabyev, Vladimir Kiselev, Margarita Koptilova, Ksenia Ovsyannikova and Igor Pustovit affirmed "Our chosen characters are fantastic creatures that resemble humans, have adapted among the humans, so people would perceive them as equals. They are fantastic characters, but apart from this, they have unlimited possibilities, like we do."
The remaining symbols, that won less points at the voting were: the fourth place - Dolphin (12%), the fifth place - Bullfinch (10%), the sixth place - the Sun (8%), the seventh place - Matryoshkas (the Russian Dolls) (5%), the eighth place - Brown Bear (3%).
President of the Organizing Committee of Sochi 2014, Dmitry Chernyshenko gave his final decision on the choice of the three mascots: "People say - God loves a trinity." Therefore, he decided to leave the three winners of the "race". Each of them would be confirmed as the 3 Olympic principles - friendship,respect and motivation to be the best."
Previously expressed his support for the Leopard mascot Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. According to him, it would be particularly symbolic, as the leopard species have been restored in the Caucasus after being destroyed in 50 years. Leopard is a strong, powerful, fast and beautiful. Leopard breed has been traced out in the Caucasus, but now has been revived, "- he said at the meeting with representatives of the student organizations of Sochi, answering a question about the most likeable supposed talisman of the Olympics. Russian Prime Minister highlighted that the choice of the mascot will be based on the opinion of the majority and would not be based neither on his, nor the Mr. Medvedev's opinion. "
Sochi paralympics: Fiery boy and a Snowflake
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Article source: vesti.ru
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