Beijing Olympics: Michigan Athletes

Dathan Ritzenhein at the 2007 IAAF World Athletic Championships
Photo by Andy Lyons / Getty Images

We're about three weeks away from the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics on August 8th. In the meantime, I plan to post profiles of those members of Team USA with a Michigan connection, including Sheila Taormina, Peter Vanderkaay and Dathan Ritzenhein. Let's face it, the games become all the more interesting when you know that the woman you're watching fencing in the Modern Pentathlon attended Livonia Stevenson High School, too!