Sporting excellence and physical prowess will be on display at China’s 13th National Games in September, but netizens were underwhelmed by the curious appearance of a topiary version of official mascot Jinwa in host city Tianjin on Thursday.

　　9月份天津即将举行全运会，届时全国的顶尖运动员将一较高下、决出好成绩。但是周四网上流传的一张全运会吉祥物“津娃”(由灌木丛修建而成)的照片却令网友吐槽不已。

　　Pictures of the topiary mascot, first released on social media platform Weibo by online news outlet Lanmeihui, have been shared nearly 25,000 times and attracted 40,000 comments – mostly negative.

　　这张照片最先由网络新闻平台“蓝莓会”在新浪微博上发布，被转发近25000次，评论40000多条——大多数都是负面的。

　　“Is he poisoned?” asked @Lanmeijiang_Arico.

　　网友“Lanmeijiang_Arico”说道：“有毒吗?”

　　“This is the ugliest mascot I’ve ever seen,” @coozealyoo stated, emphasizing it was not one of the ugliest but the ugliest.

　　网友“coozealyoo”则表示：“这是我见过最丑的吉祥物。”

　　“Is he suntanned?” inquired @Buaixiaodechangjinglu.

　　而网友“Buaixiaodechangjinglu”则表示：“他是被晒黑了吗?”

　　The prototype of Jinwa was designed by Tianjin Design and Research Center for Visuals and selected by the National Games’ review committee after a year of public competition. The concept was inspired by local New Year pictures (Nian Hua).

　　津娃的原型是由视觉天津设计研究中心设计，在经过一年的竞争之后由全运会的审查委员会选定成为官方吉祥物。而该设计的灵感来自于当地的年画。

　　Lanmeihui cited a netizen as saying that the topiary Jinwa has now been removed.

　　蓝莓会引述一名网友的说法，称照片中的吉祥物目前已经被移除了。