I’m Mandeville! I’m Wenlock! We are the official mascots of the London Olympics They have only one eye On 27th July, 10,000 athletes from over 200 countries will come to London for the world’s biggest sport event: the Olympics From 19 May to 27 July, the Olympic Torch will travel 12,800 km around the United Kingdom 8,000 people will carry the torch They will run, but they will also use horses, balloons and canoes Both mascots have a camera which let them record everything Mandeville was created from the last drops of steel left over from the girders made for the Olympic Stadium Mandeville’s name comes from Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, which held The Stoke Mandeville Games, the inspiration for the Paralympics Mandeville wears a pink stopwatch on his wrist His helmet is like a head with three points coloured blue, red and green that represents the agitos, The Paralympic symbol The name Wenlock is inspired by Much Wenlock, a small town in Shropshire, England, where the Wenlock Olympian Society held its firs Olympian Games in 1850 He has five friendship bracelets on his wrist Each bracelet takes the colour of an Olympic ring The three points on his head represent the three places on the podium The pattern on his body with the logo of the games symbolizes the whole world coming to London in 2012 Paralympic mascots The Olympic East London Stadium in The area Stratford, around stadium has been completely rebuilt the