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Photo by: Sebastian Kahnert/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Olympic mascot Vinicius has found a new role in wrestling. It's a rough one, to say the least. Wrestling coaches are given challenge "bricks" to throw when they want the officials to review a scoring play, not unlike challenge flags seen in the NFL. But the brick doesn't necessarily have to be a brick at all. So the sport decided to have a little fun for the Rio Games and make small stuffed Vinicius toys the protest object of choice for the Olympic tournament. The move has already led to a few amusing moments where a coach, enraged with a call gone against his wrestler, had to reach for a tiny stuffed animal and fling it across the mat to get the referee's attention. Given how intense wrestling coaches tend to be mat side, more than a few Vinicius dolls might not make it out of Carioca Arena 2 intact. 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Wrestling coaches are given challenge "bricks" to throw when they want the officials to review a scoring play, not unlike challenge flags seen in the NFL. But the brick doesn't necessarily have to be a brick at all. So the sport decided to have a little fun for the Rio Games and make small stuffed Vinicius toys the protest object of choice for the Olympic tournament. The move has already led to a few amusing moments where a coach, enraged with a call gone against his wrestler, had to reach for a tiny stuffed animal and fling it across the mat to get the referee's attention. Given how intense wrestling coaches tend to be mat side, more than a few Vinicius dolls might not make it out of Carioca Arena 2 intact. 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Photo by: Sebastian Kahnert/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images</em></p> <p>Olympic mascot Vinicius has found a new role in wrestling.</p> <p>It's a rough one, to say the least.</p> <p>Wrestling coaches are given challenge "bricks" to throw when they want the officials to review a scoring play, not unlike challenge flags seen in the NFL.</p> <p>But the brick doesn't necessarily have to be a brick at all. So the sport decided to have a little fun for the Rio Games and make small stuffed Vinicius toys the protest object of choice for the Olympic tournament. </p> <p>The move has already led to a few amusing moments where a coach, enraged with a call gone against his wrestler, had to reach for a tiny stuffed animal and fling it across the mat to get the referee's attention.</p> <p>Given how intense wrestling coaches tend to be mat side, more than a few Vinicius dolls might not make it out of Carioca Arena 2 intact. </p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-dynamic-content field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div id="dynamiccontent"> <script> <![CDATA[// ><!]]> </script></div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="loadMore disabled"> <div class="fadeOver"></div> <button>SEE FULL ARTICLE</button> </div> <div class="clearfix share-block"> <div class="ap-article-social clearfix"> <h3>Share</h3> <div class="social-widgets clearfix"> <div class="social-fbook social-share"> <div class="_li"> <div class="pluginSkinLight pluginFontLucida"> <div> <table class="_51mz" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr class="_51mx"> <td class="_51mw"> <div> <div class="pluginCountBox"> <div> <i class="pluginCountBoxIcon" style="display: none"></i> <span> <span class="pluginCountTextConnected">1</span> <span class="pluginCountTextDisconnected">0</span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="pluginCountBoxNub"> <s></s> <i></i> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="_51mx"> <td class="_51m- hCent _51mw"> <div> <div class="pluginButton pluginButtonSmall pluginConnectButtonDisconnected" title="Share"> <div> <div class="pluginButtonContainer" onclick="open_window()"> <i class="pluginButtonIcon img sp_plugin-button sx_plugin-button_favblue"></i> <span class="pluginButtonLabel">Share</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="social-twitter social-share"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160816152900/https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="//web.archive.org/web/20160816152900js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> </div> <div class="social-linkedin social-share"> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160816152900js_/http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="IN/Share" data-counter="top"></script> </div> <div class="social-gplus social-share">  <g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone>  <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); 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class="bronze medal">B</th><th class="total">Total</th></tr> </table> </li><li><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>1</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-unitedstates"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/united-states-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">United States</a></th><th class="medals gold">27</th><th class="medals silver">24</th><th class="medals bronze">26</th><th class="total">77</th></tr> </table> </li><li><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>2</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-unitedkingdom"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/united-kingdom-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">United Kingdom</a></th><th class="medals gold">16</th><th class="medals silver">17</th><th class="medals bronze">8</th><th class="total">41</th></tr> </table> </li><li><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>3</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-china"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/china-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">China</a></th><th class="medals gold">15</th><th class="medals silver">14</th><th class="medals bronze">18</th><th class="total">47</th></tr> </table> </li><li><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>4</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-russia"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/russia-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">Russia</a></th><th class="medals gold">11</th><th class="medals silver">12</th><th class="medals bronze">13</th><th class="total">36</th></tr> </table> </li><li><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>5</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-germany"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/germany-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">Germany</a></th><th class="medals gold">9</th><th class="medals silver">7</th><th class="medals bronze">6</th><th class="total">22</th></tr> </table> </li><li><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>6</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-italy"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/italy-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">Italy</a></th><th class="medals gold">8</th><th class="medals silver">9</th><th class="medals bronze">6</th><th class="total">23</th></tr> </table> </li><li><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>7</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-france"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/france-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">France</a></th><th class="medals gold">7</th><th class="medals silver">9</th><th class="medals bronze">9</th><th class="total">25</th></tr> </table> </li><li><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>8</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-japan"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/japan-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">Japan</a></th><th class="medals gold">7</th><th class="medals silver">4</th><th class="medals bronze">16</th><th class="total">27</th></tr> </table> </li><li><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>9</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-netherlands"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/netherlands-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">Netherlands</a></th><th class="medals gold">7</th><th class="medals silver">2</th><th class="medals bronze">3</th><th class="total">12</th></tr> </table> </li><li class="last"><table class="medals-table"> <tr><th class="rank"><span>10</span></th><th class="countryname"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-australia"></span><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/olympic-team/australia-olympic-team" class="medal-icon-lnk-name">Australia</a></th><th class="medals gold">6</th><th class="medals silver">7</th><th class="medals bronze">9</th><th class="total">22</th></tr> </table> </li></ul></div><div class="medals-view-more"><a href="/web/20160816152900/http://summergames.ap.org/medals">Full Medal Standing</a></div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </aside> </div> </div></section> <footer id="section-footer" class="section section-footer"> <div id="zone-footer-wrapper" class="zone-wrapper zone-footer-wrapper clearfix"> <div id="zone-footer" class="zone zone-footer clearfix container-12"> <div class="grid-12 region region-footer-second" id="region-footer-second"> <div class="region-inner region-footer-second-inner"> <div id="copyright">AP Sports <span class="pipe">|</span> © 2016 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