For fans of the Milan Cortina Olympic mascots, the eponymous Milo and Tina, it’s been nearly impossible to find a plush toy of the stoat siblings in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Tina and Milo, the mascots for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics, are anthropomorphic stoats. Native to the Italian Alps, the habitat of these small mammals is increasingly

Tourists are reportedly desperate for the mascot merch.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The pair of animals chosen as mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are stoats — weasel-like creatures that are at risk because of climate change. One of them is brown and the other is white,

Stoats, or Mustela erminea, are a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern parts of North America. This puts them in the weasel family, along with ferrets, otters, badgers and wolverines. Stoats are also known by many names—sometimes, they’re called ermines or short-tailed weasels.

Sibling stoat mascots, Tina and Milo, are representing the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, respectively. One ecologist calls stoats “the greatest athletes of the animal world.”

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, it is not just athletes turning heads inside the arena. Team Poland has arrived with an unexpected companion that keeps popping up on camera. Fans are starting to notice,

The 2026 Olympics and Paralympics mascots are Milo and Tina, a pair of teenage, scarf-clad stoat siblings with big dreams. If you're wondering what a stoat is, you're in the right place.

The story of the Olympic and Paralympic mascots in 2026.

Poland has been getting quite a lot of attention at the Olympics because of its unofficial mascot: a pierogi plush pillow.