the organizers showed the public the mascots on 23 november 2014, but they had not yet decided what to name them. on 24 november 2014, the mascots appeared publicly in costumes for the first time at the ginásio experimental olímpico juan antonio samaranch, a school for talented young athletes in rio. the organizers let the public pick the names of the mascots in an online vote. there were three candidates in the vote: