AMSTERDAM (AP) Anouk Vetter gave the Netherlands a third gold medal at the European championships with victory in the heptathlon.
Vetter dominated the two-day, seven-event competition and won with a national record of 6,626 points, breaking the old mark of heptathlete turned sprinter Schippers.
Antoinette Nana Djimou of France was second.
The Dutch 4x100 relay squad kept 100 champion Schippers in the hunt for a second gold when it qualified for Sunday's final. Schippers skipped the first round of the relays.
In the biggest upset of the evening, double Olympic javelin champion Barbora Spotakova failed to successfully defend her European title and finished fifth, well behind winner Tatsiana Khaladovich, who won with a Belarussian record of 66.34 meters.
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