Winter Olympic mascots, ranked

Who will take home the gold in the mascot showdown?

Olympic mascots
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Forget the athletes. The real stars of the Olympics are the creepy and weird mascots who are concocted for every incarnation of the Games, only to be quickly forgotten. And though mascots, like acroskiers, do not actually compete at the Olympics, they should.

Here is The Week's ranking of all the Winter Olympic mascots in history, from worst to best.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.