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To those outside the host country, the mascot for the Paris 2024 Olympics might look like a red stuffed toy or an animal. However, it is a hat called the Phryges (pronounced ‘Free-jee-uhs’).

Those red blobs at the 2024 Paris Olympics are called “Phryges.” They’re hats. And they’re sparking curiosity.

Paris 2024 Olympics mascot "the Phryge" poses prior to the men's group A football match between Guinea and New Zealand during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Nice Stadium in Nice on July 24, 2024.

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2024 Paris Olympics mascot Phryge as seen on July 23, 2024 in Lyon, France. / Credit: claudio_villa / Getty Images A version of the mascot for the Paralympics has a running prosthetic.