The pair were designed by marketing agency Iris .
The pair were named after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock , which helped inspire Pierre de Coubertin to launch the modern Olympics , and the Buckinghamshire village of Stoke Mandeville , where the Paralympics were founded .
The pair were designed by marketing agency Iris and named after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock , which helped inspire Pierre de Coubertin to launch the modern Olympics , and the Buckinghamshire village of Stoke Mandeville , where the Paralympics were founded .