Germany won the 4x400m relay and overall title

Tim Benjamin, in the second leg of the final men's race, handed over to Chris Rawlinson in third place but the latter tripped and Britain finished fifth.

Germany won the relay to clinch the overall title and Britain ended fourth.

Academy: Christian Malcolm's change of heart

Christian Malcolm had earlier won a tight 200m race and Phillips Idowu was third in the triple jump behind world champion Christian Olsson.

Malcolm hit the front on the bend and held on over the final 50m to win in 20.56secs, a season's best.

"I am happy with my performance and glad I got maximum points," he said. "I am lot stronger and fitter this season and knew I could hold on."

There were indications that I can go a lot further Phillips Idowu

Idowu recorded a leap of 17.10m while Olsson won with 17.30m but Idowu believes he is on track for the Olympics as he continues his comeback from surgery.

"I kept hitting the long jump board with my stepping foot but my timing is going to come," he said.

"There were indications that I can go a lot further. It usually takes me five meetings and I have had three now."

Carl Myerscough, who won the shot put on Saturday, brought in more points for Britain on the second day of competition by taking third place in the discus with a throw of 61.68m.

Andy Turner came with a late run to claim another third place in the men's 110m hurdles, while the emerging Chris Thompson turned in a strong performance to take sixth in the 3,000m.

But James McElroy disappointed in the men's 800m, trailing in last.

Radcliffe returns in style

Despite the heroics of Paula Radcliffe, who won the 5000m in a new British record of 14 minutes, 29.11 seconds, Britain's women finished eighth overall after a generally disappointing weekend and were relegated.

Helen Clitheroe faded to sixth in the women's 1500m while Sarah Claxton crashed out in the 100m hurdles.

Joice Maduaka was seventh in the 200m, Tina Brown sixth in the 3000m steeplechase and Lorraine Shaw seventh in the hammer.

But the was an encouraging performance by Kelly Sotherton, who produced a personal best of 6.81m to finish second in the long jump.

"I knew it was there," she said. "I wanted to jump a little further - two more centimetres - because that would have given my the qualification for the Olympics.

"I've worked really hard this winter and everything's fallen into place."