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In this July 19, 1995, file photo, Izzy, the mascot of the Olympic Games of Atlanta 1996, dances in front of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Izzy might have been passed for weirdness by the mascots for the London 2010 Olympics. (AP Photo/Donald Stampfli, File) In this Feb. 7, 1998, file phot, snowlets walk around the stadium prior to the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Olympics at Minami Nagano Sports Park in Nagano, Japan. So few Snowlets were made nobody could find any for souvenirs. By the second week of the games, the mere whisper of "Snowlets" was enough to start a frenzy on the street. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File) In this Aug. 17, 2004, file photo, the Olympic mascots Athena, right, and Phevos fence during the interval between two semifinal rounds at the 2004 Olympic Games at the Helliniko fencing hall in Athens. Phevos and Athena, Athens' offerings in 2004, were named for Greek gods and were an affront to design, new and old. Their little heads sat atop dinosaur-long necks, and their feet resembled flippers--really, really big flippers. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) In this Nov. 27, 2007, file photo, the mascots for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, from left, Miga, Quatchi and Sumi pose for photographers following their debut to students in Surrey, British Columbia. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward, File) The Chairman of LOCOG the London organising committee for the Olympic Games Sebastian Coe, left, stands with Olympic mascot Wenlock, left mascot, and the Paralympic mascot Mandeville as they stand with school children whilst being unveiled to the media as the mascots for London 2012 at a school in London, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) The Olympic mascot Wenlock, right, and the Paralympic mascot Mandeville walk with school children as they are unveiled to the media as the mascots for London 2012, at a school in London, Wednesday, May 19, 2010.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham) The Olympic mascot Wenlock, left, and the Paralympic mascot Mandeville play with school children as they are unveiled to the media as the mascots for London 2012, at a school in London, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) The Olympic mascot Wenlock, left, and the Paralympic mascot Mandeville play with school children as they are unveiled to the media as the mascots for London 2012, at a school in London, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. The theme of the two mascots is that they were created from the last drops of steel left over from the construction of the final support girder for the Olympic Stadium. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)