Meet Tom, the Paralympic mascot of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games ... a Brazilian bossa nova song that has reached worldwide fame. The Olympic counterpart to Tom is also named after a musician, the ...

The mascot is described as encompassing "Rio's landscape, Brazilian spirit and Olympic values like the torch, gold and championship." A public vote will determine which of three names will be ...

An example of this in the Olympics is 'Vinicius' the 2016 mascot for Rio which was a merge of different Brazilian animals to represent the diversity of Brazilian culture and it's people.