By Steve Cram BBC Sport commentator

In his latest column Steve Cram looks back at the highs and lows from the European Championships in Gothenburg, where Great Britain won 11 medals.

When it comes to individual British performances, Becky Lyne's in the 800m final is the one that stands out.

Lyne claimed her first senior medal in Gothenburg

She won bronze in an event with a truly world-class field, and there were not many of those in Gothenburg.

Becky came here as an outside medal chance but got better and better each round, beating some very good athletes in the process.

Mo Farah's silver medal run in the 5,000m is a close second.

If he had won gold it would have been phenomenal as Britain has not won a male long-distance title for so long and the chances just don't come round very often.

There are too many disappointing British performances to choose from so the British low is a collective one for me.

We sent 81 athletes to Sweden and far too many of them - 55 by my calculations - failed to make the final or the top eight.

There were only a handful of season's bests and even less personal bests from British athletes. That is simply not good enough.

We ended on a high with five medals on the last day but that should not mask the problems in British athletics, least of all the fact that we did not win a single individual gold in Gothenburg.

Some of the British performances that won medals here would be nowhere near good enough at the Worlds or Olympics.

We have to find good athletes, coach them, make sure they are fit and healthy and do all we can to ensure they produce their best at the major championships.

Darren Campbell's comments after the victory in the 4x100m relay cast a shadow over events but this kind of bad publicity for the sport would not make the headlines if the team performances were better.

Tatyana Tomashova's victory in the 1500m phenomenal. Her time of three minutes 56.91 seconds was world class and the fourth fastest this season.

The Russians are strong in this event but, at 31, Tomashova used her experience to keep her rivals at bay.

She defended her world title in Helsinki last year and her European triumph means the last person to beat her in a meaningful race is Dame Kelly Holmes in the 2004 Olympics.

Francis Obikwelu is a close runner-up for the best international performer and I fancy him to go on to the Worlds and Olympics and win medals.

Swede Kajsa Bergqvist's failure to win the women's high jump title was a disappointment for the championships themselves.

It was just starting to get damp and gloomy on Thursday and the home crowd could really have done with a gold medal to lift them.

I don't want to take anything away from Belgium's Tia Hellebaut but her upset did kill the atmosphere.

Gothenburg is a good place to come and see athletics and gets my top marks.

Olsson was cheered on by his fans in his hometown

The atmosphere is great, the stadium was full and the crowd was knowledgeable. Sweden should be rewarded with more events here.

As for the standard of the championships themselves, well, there were simply not enough world-class performances and the sprints, with the exception of Obikwelu, were poor.