Tina and Milo
{{Short description|Official mascots of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics}}
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{{Infobox character
| name = Tina and Milo
|image = Tina and Milo.jpg
|caption = Official artwork of Tina (left) and Milo (right), surrounded by the Flo
|alt = A cartoon illustration of two anthropomorphic stoats wearing scarves with their arms around each other's shoulders. On the left is a white stoat and on the right is a brown stoat with a missing leg. Surrounding the stoats are six small fairy-like characters with green costumes and white flowers on their heads.
| creator = Students of the Istituto Comprensivo di Taverna
| species = Stoats
| nationality = Italian
}}
{{2026 Winter Olympics}}
{{2026 Winter Paralympics}}
Tina and Milo are the official mascots of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic Games.{{cite web |date=7 February 2024 |title=Milano Cortina 2026 unveils mascots Tina and Milo |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/milano-cortina-2026-mascots-unveiled-two-years-to-go-celebrations |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=olympics.com |publisher= |archive-date=29 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729055510/https://olympics.com/en/news/milano-cortina-2026-mascots-unveiled-two-years-to-go-celebrations |url-status=live }} They are two anthropomorphic stoats.
Tina and Milo were the winners of a public poll with more than 1,600 entries for the designs of the 2026 Milano Cortina mascots. The designs were all drawn by Italian students aged 6 to 14. Tina and Milo, designed by students at the Istituto Comprensivo Taverna, won with 53 percent of votes.{{Cite web |last=Fenton |first=Caela |date=2024-02-08 |title=Meet Tina and Milo, the mascots for Milano Cortina 2026 |url=https://olympic.ca/2024/02/08/meet-tina-and-milo-the-mascots-for-milano-cortina-2026/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |language=en-US |archive-date=20 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120144548/https://olympic.ca/2024/02/08/meet-tina-and-milo-the-mascots-for-milano-cortina-2026/ |url-status=live }} The contest was a collaboration between the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 and the Italian Ministry of Education.{{Cite web |title=Milano Cortina 2026 unveils Paralympic and Olympic mascots, Milo and Tina |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/milano-cortina-2026-unveils-paralympic-and-olympic-mascots-milo-and-tina |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en |archive-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216020329/https://www.paralympic.org/news/milano-cortina-2026-unveils-paralympic-and-olympic-mascots-milo-and-tina |url-status=live }} The mascots were named after the Italian cities of Cortina d'Ampezzo and Milan. Their designs were unveiled on 7 February at the Sanremo Music Festival 2024.
Tina and Milo are siblings. Tina, the Olympic mascot, has a white coat and moved from the mountains of Italy to the city to explore new things. Her brother Milo, the Paralympic mascot, has a brown coat and was born without a leg, but uses his tail to help him walk.{{Cite web |title=The story of Tina and Milo, the Mascots of the Games {{!}} Milano Cortina 2026 |url=https://milanocortina2026.olympics.com/en/news/the-story-of-tina-and-milo-the-mascots-of-the-games |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=milanocortina2026.olympics.com}} The student designers of Tina and Milo said that stoats are symbols of innocence and purity, and that the two of them having different coat colours represents duality and diversity. The Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee described the pair as the "first openly Gen Z mascots". Tina and Milo are accompanied by a team of six anthropomorphic snowdrop flowers called the Flo. The Flo are based on the runner-up designs in the mascot contest, designed by the students of the Istituto Comprensivo Sabin di Segrate.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=Meet Tina and Milo: Milano-Cortina 2026 mascots |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143676/milano-cortina-mascots-tina-milo-ferret |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=www.insidethegames.biz |archive-date=15 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815182912/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143676/milano-cortina-mascots-tina-milo-ferret |url-status=live }} They symbolise hopefulness and resilience.
In 2025, Italy produced a series of Euro coin designs to commemorate the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, with some featuring images of Tina and Milo.{{Cite web |title=Milano Cortina 2026’s shining coins |url=https://milanocortina2026.olympics.com/en/news/milano-cortina-2026s-shining-coins |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Milano Cortina 2026}}
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Milo|before=The Paralympic Phryge|after=TBA|years=Milan-Cortina 2026}}
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Category:Mascots introduced in 2024
Category:Anthropomorphic weasels
Category:Fictional characters from Milan
Category:2026 Winter Paralympics