Photos: Winter Olympic mascots through the years

BEIJING GAMES 2022: A woman poses for a photo with a statue of the Winter Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen in Beijing, Jan. 12, 2022

BEIJING GAMES 2022: Inflated Beijing Games mascot, Bing Dwen Dwen, tries to squeeze through the door to enter the main media center at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Jan. 24, 2022

PYEONGCHANG GAMES 2018: Olympic mascots and a young girl participate in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 25, 2018.

PYEONGCHANG GAMES 2018: Workers browse their phones next to the mascots for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games near the South Korean booth during the World Winter Sports Expo in Beijing, Sept. 7, 2017.

SOCHI GAMES 2014: Robotic mascots perform during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Feb. 7, 2014.

VANCOUVER GAMES 2010: The mascots for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, from left, Miga, Quatchi and Sumi pose for photographers following their debut to students in Surrey, British Columbia, on Nov. 27, 2007.

SALT LAKE CITY GAMES 2002: Supporters of the Austrian ski team make music with Powder one of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games mascots as they wait for the start of the weather delayed women's downhill in Snowbasin, Utah on Feb. 11, 2002.

NAGANO GAMES 1998: Snowlets, the Olympic mascots, walk around the stadium prior to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Minami Nagano Sports Park in Nagano, Japan on Feb. 7, 1998.

LILLEHAMMER GAMES 1994: The wooden mascots of the Winter Olympics watch over one of the main shopping streets on Feb. 8, 1994, in Lillehammer, Norway.

SARAJEVO GAMES 1984: Vucko the wolf, the symbol for the XIV winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo's Yugoslavia, dances with Howdy the bear who will be the symbol for the next Winter Games, to be held on Calgary, Alberta, Feb. 19, 1984, at the closing ceremonies for the games in Sarajevo.

SARAJEVO GAMES 1984: Amela Dizdar, 3, poses with a replica of the Winter Olympics mascot named Vucko in Sarajevo in 1984. The mascot was the creation of Joze Trobec, an academic painter from Kranj in Slovenia.

INNSBRUCK GAMES 1976: Snowmen, mascots of the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, appear in Kitzbühel, Austria, Jan. 28, 1975, during World Cup downhill skiing events.

INNSBRUCK GAMES 1976: A snowman, mascot of the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, greets children in Kitzbuhel, Austria, during the world downhill ski events, January 1975.