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Hi everyone and welcome on the new version of Totallympics ! First of all, I am really very sorry to everyone who contributed on Totallympics in the last 5 years, because as you already know everything we did went lost. There are a series of reasons for this to happen, someone knows them someone don’t, but anyway now it is not important anymore, because we just have to look at the future. Anyway, I have decided to start everything again because the Totallympics community should not die. As someone already know, I have lost the motivations to go on with Totallympics in the latest months, maybe this new start will help me to find new motivations. As you can see, we do not have the chinese software (Discuz) anymore, I have opted for Invision Power Board which I have evaluated as the best forum software. Of course this is a new start for everyone and in the first period everything will be different compared to the past. We will not have the results part anymore, just the discussion about all sports. We will decide later whether to start again to post results (on the forum or maybe on a website we could create, with the forum becoming a part of the website). Anyway since we are just 6 months away to Rio 2016 I have did everything I could to start a new forum, with a new webmaster, a new software and everything else. In all honesty, I can tell you that the main reason why I have lost the motivations in the latest months was because Totallympics is not a source of income for me, but actually I have spent a lot of money during the years. And I have done a lot of sacrifices in my personal and professional life to be able to dedicate so much time to the forum. This is the reason why from next month there will be the possibility for users to “subscribe” to a premium membership. This will give some privileges to the premium members but the main reason is that they can contribute with some money per month/year to keep Totallympics community alive. Also donations will be possible, also for non registered users. Now, about the immediate future, I am still working on the forum and I will go on working on it in the next days. First of all please register and start having a look around the forum and test its features. I will organize the threads to be opened in each section with the admins, so that we will not have hundreds of threads in the very first period. So for the first days you will be allowed to post only in very few threads, starting from this one Thanks everyone for the kind words received over the past month and have a good time on the new version of Totallympics !

Jerseys for World Cup revealed. as expected the one for Team Europe is atrocious,but still better than the jersey for north america team Team Europe Team Czech Republic Team Russia Team North America Team Finland Team Canada Team USA Team Sweden

Australia,Great Britain,Canada,USA,New Zealand,China,Germany,Italy and Poland won quotas in women's pursuit.

TEAM FINLAND Preliminary Roster General Manager Jere Lehtinen together with head coach Lauri Marjamaki announced the 16 first players of the Finnish national team for the World Cup of Hockey. The Finns nominated two goaltenders with Tuukka Rask and Pekka Rinne. Esa Lindell, Olli Maatta, Rasmus Ristolainen and Sami Vatanen are the four first defencemen who have been selected. The Finnish forwards who have secured their place in the World Cup are Aleksander Barkov, Joonas Donskoi, Valtteri Filppula, Mikael Granlund, Jussi Jokinen, Mikko Koivu, Leo Komarov, Lauri Korpikoski, Jori Lehtera and Teuvo Teravainen. “These 16 players form a strong core to the team. They are a great mixture of experience, talent and open-mindedness,” says Marjamaki about the first nominations. “For the players the World Cup is a huge thing. Their motivation is high and they all want to be part of the team.” The Finnish team will convene early September and play pre-tournament games against Sweden, first on home ice at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on 8 September, then two days later in Gothenburg. Goaltenders: Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins, USA, NHL Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators, USA, NHL Defencemen: Esa Lindell, Texas Stars, USA, AHL Olli Maatta, Pittsburgh Penguins, USA, NHL Rasmus Ristolainen, Buffalo Sabres, USA, NHL Sami Vatanen, Anaheim Ducks, USA, NHL Forwards: Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers, USA, NHL Joonas Donskoi, San Jose Sharks, USA, NHL Valtteri Filppula, Tampa Bay Lightning, USA, NHL Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Wild, USA, NHL Jussi Jokinen, Florida Panthers, USA, NHL Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild, USA, NHL Leo Komarov, Toronto Maple Leafs, CAN, NHL Lauri Korpikoski, Edmonton Oilers, CAN, NHL Jori Lehtera, St. Louis Blues, USA, NHL Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks, USA, NHL Head Coach: Lauri Marjamaki