Sochi 2014 mascot have Leopard, Bunny, and the White Bear!
On Saturday evening of February 26 were named mascots of the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi. As a result of a vote they have Leopard, Bunny, and the White Bear.
The results were announced in the program "mascot. Sochi-2014. Final "on Channel One.
In the vote could take part every citizen of Russia. In the finals each of the variants of the mascot has been assigned a unique phone number to which
Voters could call or send SMS-message.
On Saturday, before it became known that the competition was out Santa Claus. This decision was taken due to the fact that the mascot is the property of the IOC and the Dead
Claus is a symbol of the New Year in Russia.
Then out of the fight knocked Ray and Snowflake, which were chosen mascots of the Paralympic Games and the circle of contenders was reduced to eight options. Triple
winners won a total of 62% of the vote, while if it was selected one winner, they would become Leopard, received 28% of the vote. For the White bear
voted 18% for the Bunny - 16%.
Shortly before the announcement of the results presenter Ivan Urgant announced that the total number of votes over a million people.
Ray, and Snowball became a talisman of the Paralympic Games in Sochi
Ray, and Snowball chosen official mascot Paralympic Games 2014 in Sochi for the first in the history of the Olympic movement popular vote.
Thus, the mascot was eliminated from the struggle for the right to become the mascot of the Olympic Games - 2014.
By the way, the winners were candidates who are not among the top three Paralympic ideas.
To win the competition claimed Brown Bear, Leopard, Polar Bear, Hare, Sun, Fire Boy, Snow Girl, Bullfinch, dolls and Dolphin.
