Unofficial Olympic Mascots: From Kapa to Fatso the Wombat (and a Pierogi Plush)
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Unofficial Olympic Mascots: From Kapa to Fatso the Wombat (and a Pierogi Plush)

2026-02-17

Before there were official olympic sanctioned mascots for every olympic games, there were unofficial mascots.  Sometimes they were already the mascot of an existing sporting event, or sometimes they were just a piece of merchandise that took on a life of its own, and sometimes they were a smirking Wombat with an impossibly fat ass and some really cool tennis shoes.   

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