PAN RIO 2007

The mascot is introduced to the public in Rio de Janeiro - In this Thursday, Rio de Janeiro and Brazil they received with party the mascot of Pan Rio 2007. Inspired in the Sun, the symbol of the Games was created by the company Double Design and it already caused good impression.

The public will now be able to choose the name of the mascot for the internet and in dispersed urns for the following capitals: Rio, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Recife, Porto Alegre, São Luís and Florianópolis. The three name options are: Cauê, Luca and Kuará.
With the president's of the Brazilian Olympic Committee presence , Carlos Arthur Nuzman, of the president of the republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of governor Rosinha Garotinho and of dozens of athletes, the mascot was presented in a ceremony in the Fort of Copacabana, in Rio de Janeiro. The event also marked the countdown of one year for Pan Rio 2007. Singer Fernanda Abreu commanded the party, that had dance presentations and music.