When it comes to Olympic mascots, it pays to be “endearing, original and pleasant.” See how the Paris 2024 mascots size up.
The 2024 Paris Olympics unveiled its mascots, the Phryges, this week. These blue-eyed, conical red hats are steeped in French revolutionary history, wear friendly smiles and tricolor ribbons, and come with distinct personalities.
Paralympic Phryge has a prosthetic leg. Organizers said they chose a mascot with a “visible disability” because the aim of the games is “to provide people with disabilities with as much visibility as possible.”The mascots draw on a symbol of the French republic: the Phrygian cap. The cap traces its history to the ancient nation of Phrygia in Anatolia, located in modern-day Turkey. It was adopted by the French revolutionaries in the late 18th century.
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