With twelve days to go till the opening ceremony of the Winter it’s time for my final post on crappy Olympic mascots.

Atlanta 1996

“Izzy” was the mascot for the Atlanta games and if the definitive proof that you can’t be creative by committee.

Sydney 2000

Apart from being a cheesy as hell “Olly”, “Syd”, and “Millie” were probably on first inspection some of the most sensible mascots, that is until you find out that “Millie” is supposed to be an echidna IT Guru.

Athens 2004

“Athena” and “Phevos” seemed to be a couple of walking sex toys.