1978 UK Athletics Championships below also competed at the 1978 AAA Championships. Sonia Lannaman defended her 100 metres/200 metres sprint double from 1977. Allan Wells took his first sprint double on the men's side and Jane Colebrook managed a double in the 400 metres and 800 metres. Athletes to retain their titles from 1977 included Lannaman, sprint hurdlers Berwyn Price and Sharon Colyear, Geoff Capes (men's shot put), Meg Ritchie (women's discus) and Tessa Sanderson (women's javelin). The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1978 European Athletics Championships. Two athletes at the UK event won individual
Miki Imai (athlete) career. In her last season in 2005 she jumped 1.80 m for second at the Hyogo Relays, but never matched that height after and retired in 2006. Following the end of her track and field career, she returned to her alma mater in the roles of Health Sciences Institute researcher and track jumping coach. Miki Imai (athlete) Miki Imai (; born 30 May 1975) is a Japanese former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. Her personal best of , set in 2001, is the Japanese record for the event. She is also co-holder of the indoor