Freeman was fastest in the first round and the semi-final. She ran a perfect race in the final, starting well, running a good bend and holding her form in the straight to hold off the challenge of world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu. Freeman's time was 22.92, just outside her personal best.

The Wakefield athlete, a civil engineer who put her career on hold in October to become a full-time athlete, has been the revelation of the season as far as British athletes are concerned. As well as the individual 200m, there will be a place in the relay squad for Freeman.

Former Wakefield athlete Chris Kirk, now with Newham and Essex, was runner-up in the long jump won so impressively by Greg Rutherford with an Olympic qualifying leap of 8.20m. Kirk's distance was a personal best of 7.95m, ahead of a dreadful performance from Middlesbrough's UK record holder Chris Tomlinson (7.76m).

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Hull hammer thrower Alex Smith, who competes for Sale, was third in hs event with a throw of 67.21m with Sheffield's Matt Lambley finishing sixth in a personal best of 65.69m.

Wakefield high jumper Martyn Bernard, who has already achieved the Olympic qualifying mark of 2.30m, could not achieve that height and finished third with 2.23m after passing at 2.27m before failing at 2.30m.

Luke Cutts (Dearnside/ Sheffield) finished third in the pole vault (5.20m) with his team-mate Rhys Searles, fresh from his English Schools triumph, in 10th place (4.65m).

Richard Buck (York) failed to make the 400m final, but Richard Strachan (Leeds City) came through the rounds unscathed. In the final he entered the finishing straight in second place behind Martyn Rooney, but faded to fourth in a season's best time of 46.33secs, a performance which should get him a place in the relay squad for Beijing.

Wakefield's Zara Hohn, who has been improving throughout the season, clocked a personal best of 13.54secs to finish fourth in the 100m hurdles.

Johanna Jackson (Redcar) won the 5km walk in a new record time. Already named in the Olympic team, this was little more than a speed training session for Jackson who won by almost four minutes in 21:30.75, faster than all but one in the men's race.

There was disappointment for Wakefield's Charlene Thomas. After leading for much of the race, she faded to fifth in 4:19.10.

Disappointment, too, for Hallamshire's Hatti Dean. Favourite for a place in the steeplechase in Beijing, Dean was on crutches and missed the race where Helen Clitheroe (Preston) won in a new British record of 9:36.98.

And her Hallamshire team-mate Becky Lyne, in her first 800m of the season, found her lack of training too much to overcome and slipped back through the field after being well placed at the bell.

Jo Pavey, an Olympic 10,000m contender, stepped down in distance to win a fourth national 5,000m crown. Goldie Sayers claimed the javelin title with a final-round throw of 62.62m as she dominated the event ahead of Hayley Thomas, Rosie Sementysh and 11th-placed Sotherton.

Christian Malcolm sealed his Olympic place winning the 200m in 20.52secs.