“He stuck to his socialist principles and fought hard for the underdog” TIM HEMING
Cutting through the spin of tri to address the issues that matter, Tim is also a sports journalist for The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun.
A pugnacious communist and proud feminist from coal mining roots in the north east should go down as the most influential figure in triathlon history. “Les McDonald was unique,” Sarah Springman, the former president of British Triathlon, says. “A man who pursued his vision almost to the exclusion of everything else.”
It’s no exaggeration to say this naturalised Canadian, who was raised in Felling upon Tyne, near Newcastle, revolutionised multisport, both in governance, with the formation of the International Triathlon Union, and in competition, as swim, bike, run abandoned…
