The official mascots for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games have been revealed. Among the 1,600 submitted entries, the northern weasels 'Tina' and 'Milo' became the mascots through public voting.
The cheerful expression and elongated body are cute. The snow-like sky blue and soft brown look like marshmallow cocoa. The character emblems are familiar, like animation titles.
The name ‘Tina’ comes from Cortina and ‘Milo’ comes from Milan. Tina has a creative and down-to-earth personality and loves going to concerts. Her representative sentence is ‘Dream big!’
The Paralympic mascot ‘Milo’ is a dreamer. He loves playing in the snow and inventing musical instruments. Although it has no feet, it has learned to walk on its tail. His representative sentence is “An obstacle is just a trampoline.”
The mascot design was created based on the ideas of elementary, middle, and high school students. The Northern Weasel, designed by students from 'Istituto Comprencybo di Taverna' located in Calabria, in the southwestern tip of Italy, and the snow reinforcement by students from 'Istituto Comprhencibo Sabine di Segrate' located in Lombardy were finalists. It was.
The northern weasels 'Tina' and 'Milo' have become the mascots, but six small tongue ferrets from Istituto Comprencybo Sabine di Segrate students will also participate in the Olympics under the name 'Flo'.
