News Rio 2016 has opened a giant megastore selling official products for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in one of the city's most iconic locations: Copcabana beach The 1,800m² shop welcomed its first visitors at 10am local time on Friday (1 July) Offering more than 3,000 different products – from cuddly dolls of the Games mascots to rucksacks, beach towels and Rio 2016-branded Havaianas flip-flops – the megastore will be open from 10am to 10pm every day from now until 30 September Five must-have Rio 2016 style items to help you be a carioca The store was opened to the media on Thursday (30 June), with Brazilian Paralympic sprint star Terezinha Guilhermina and Congolese judokas Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika, who are based in Rio as they prepare to represent the IOC's refugee team at the Olympic Games, cutting the ribbon along with the two Games mascots (L-R) Yolande Mabika, Terezinha Guilhermina and Popole Misenga helped the mascots open the store (Photo: Rio2016/Alex Ferro) While Guilhermina got herself the biggest possible stuffed replica of Paralympic Games mascot Tom, the two judokas left with rucksacks and Havaianas, those quintessential carioca style items “I always get some memorabilia from every event I compete in,” said Guilhermina “In London, I bought a mascot that comes up to my waist Now I have a Tom ” Games, branded clothes, household goods and even miniature Olympic torches are among the items for sale in the giant tent-like structure Mascots Tom and Vinicius debut Lego look for Rio 2016 (Photo: Rio 2016/Alex Ferro) Mabika said she would use her new Rio 2016 rucksack “every day on the train" while Misenga bought presents for his wife Fabiana and their one-year-old son, Elias “I bought a t-shirt of Vinicius (the Olympic mascot) for my son and a pair of sandals for my wife,” he said Misenga poses with Olympic mascot Vinicius (Photo: Rio 2016/Alex Ferro) Among 132 points of sale around Rio de Janeiro, the Copacabana Megastore will be the second largest outlet for official products – the largest will be in Barra Olympic Park DETAILS Rio 2016 Megastore Address: Copacabana beach – opposite entrance to Rua Figueiredo de Magalhães Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 10am-10pm Payment forms: money or Visa debit and credit cards