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A yellow mascots and blue mascot with green leaves as hair stand on top of Rio's Sugar Loaf mountain.

Meet the Rio 2016 mascots

Inspired by animals and plants, Rio 2016 has launched its mascots for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Some sailing boats on the water

No. 38 Erikstad beats able-bodied rivals

At the 2014 Open 2.4mR World Championships, Norway’s Bjornar Erikstad beat a number of lesser impaired or able-bodied athletes to secure silver and a place at Rio 2016.

Sascha Kindred

Record breaking swimmers show short-course form

British teammates Sascha Kindred, Andrew Mullen. Jessica-Jane Applegate and Stephanie Slater as well as Iceland’s Jon Margeir Sverrisson all break world, European and national records in Manchester, Great Britain.