Panda twins named by Olympics president
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PANDA researchers in southwest China’s Sichuan Province have named a pair of panda cub twins after receiving more than 3,000 suggestions.
The winning names Olympia and Fuwa, posted by the president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, came out on top after five pairs of names were put up for a final vote, a spokesman for the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base said.
Fuwa is the name of the mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
After the twins were born on June 22 last year, the Chengdu base launched an appeal for names for the cubs. More than 3,000 responses, including 900 from outside the Chinese mainland, were received.
The female twin panda cubs have attracted attention worldwide because of their famous family.
Kelin, their mother, is famous for a photo showing her watching a video of pandas mating in a bid to encourage her to do the same. It was one of Time magazine’s “Most Surprising Photos of 2013”.
Cobi, their grandfather, was named by former president of the IOC Juan Antonio Samaranch in 1992.
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