ESPN the magazine tells the story of Sheila's athletic career and how she's making Olympic history in Beijing. This feature article suggests Sheila may be one of the greatest athletes of all time. Sheila Taormina in ESPN Magazine

USA Pentathlon Accepts Olympic Invitations from UIPM and Officially Nominates Sheila Taormina, Margaux Isaksen and Eli Bremer to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team COLORADOSPRINGS, Colo.– USA Pentathlon has accepted the 2008 Olympic invitations from the Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), the International Governing Body for the sport of modern pentathlon, for Sheila Taormina (Livonia, Mich.), Margaux Isaksen (Fayetteville, Ark./Colorado (read more)

Amy Shipley from the Washington Post talks about Sheila's tremendous accomplishment, her first-ever feat of qualifying for the Olympics in a third sport. She’s a Good Sport

Based on the outcome of this weekend's world championships and her place as the top US female in pentathlon, Sheila will soon be announced by USA Pentathlon as one of two women representing the US in Beijing. This is a very momentous moment considering Sheila will be the first athlete ever to compete in a third Olympic sport: first swimming (gold (read more)

On the morning before Sheila Taormina left for the final modern pentathlon World Cup of her career, she stood at the starting line of a 10-kilometer race at Burns Park in Ann Arbor and yelled into a megaphone, reminding runners: "All right! Fifteen seconds! Have a good, safe race and enjoy!"A few minutes later, Taormina was at the finish line cheering on the participants in another race when she observed a group of youngsters picking up their pace. (read more)