1990 UK Athletics Championships
It was the fourteenth edition of the competition limited to British athletes only, launched as an alternative to the AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors.[1][2] Racewalker Ian McCombie and javelin thrower Steve Backley both won a third straight UK title at the event.No athletes won multiple titles in Cardiff, though champions Sallyanne Short, Phylis Smith, Alison Wyeth and Michelle Griffith all reached the podium in two events.[1] The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1990 European Athletics Championships.UK champions Christie, Akabusi, Backley, Diane Edwards and Myrtle Augee all won gold for England, while Jackson and Morley made it a men's and women's sprint hurdles double for Wales.