They are neither plush animals , and no gender-specific, the name is not pleasant . London Olympic organizing committee announced this morning the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots , which are both long with a cartoon image of the eye , a man named Wenlock ( upper left) , called Mandeville .
The two mascots are imagined by a forged steel workers , use of forged London Olympic stadium shaped the last two drops of molten steel . The names of the two mascots with the concentration of the British Olympic and Paralympic history . " Wenlock " originated in the village of Machivenyika Locke , the father of the modern Olympic Games Pierre de Coubertin visited here in 1890 , and the germination of the founder of the modern Olympic inspiration. " Mandeville "is inspired by the Stoke Mandeville hospital , the birth of the Paralympic Games is here . LOCOG chairman Sebastian Coe said: "We passed understand that young people today are not like the Olympic mascot plush animals , they like to interact and have historical origins of the mascots . Now the two Cartoon mascots are consistent with this feature , contact the youth and sport together , tell them we are proud of the Olympic Games and Paralympic history. "
