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AMSTERDAM -- Dafne Schippers won the 100 meters at the European championships with ease Friday, speeding away from all opposition to clinch her first title of the championships.On a chilly, windy night at the Olympic Stadium, she finished in 10.90 seconds, which was all the more impressive since silver medalist Ivet Lalova-Collio crossed a massive .30 seconds behind her.She immediately thrust her finger in the air, clearly No. 1 when it comes to European sprinting but also the biggest star at the championships for the adoring 22,000-strong sellout crowd.It was quite windy so it was difficult to set a good time, Schippers said. She will be running the 4x100 relays on Sunday but did not compete in the 200, where she is the world champion, so as not to overexert herself.At next months Olympics, she will run both sprints and the relays. I am shaping up well for Rio, she said.If Schippers performed to expectations, Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder Renaud Lavillenie did not. The Frenchman failed to clear his opening height with the gold medal at stake and lost his title.He only started jumping at 5.75 meters, with Robert Sobera holding the lead at 5.60. Instead of a fourth straight title for the Frenchman, it was the first major gold for the Pole. Czech Jan Kudlicka won silver on a countback.During warmup, I cleared 5.80 two times without problems, Lavillenie said, but he could not master the swirling gusts.The wind was making things very difficult for us, he said.Sobera, however, didnt complain. Maybe the wind was a problem but for me it was not very disturbing.For an athlete used to dominating with ease, it was a devastating loss for Lavillenie, barely a month before the Olympics.I will have to work hard now and try to do well in Rio, he said.In the medal standings, Turkey shot to the top with two more golds from foreign-born athletes -- Polat Kemboi Arikan in the 10,000 and Yasmani Copello Escobar in the 400 hurdles. Turkey has three gold and eight medals overall, and leads Britain -- 3 golds, 7 overall -- going into the concluding weekend.On a hot-and-cold night for France, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad recaptured the steeple chase title he lost two years ago for taking his vest off in celebration before crossing the line. He kicked with on lap to go and won easily with a more subdued celebration of outstretched arms crossing the line.It was the same feeling for the Dutch. Before the Schippers finale, it had seemed like Churandy Martina had clinched a Dutch double when he added the 200 gold to his 100 title which he won on Thursday. But he was disqualified for stepping outside his lane and Bruno Hortelano of Spain took gold instead.Martyn Rooney won Britains third gold at the championships, coming back from behind to win the 400 meters in a defense of his title.Rooney won in 45.29 seconds, edging Czech Pavel Maslak by .07 while Liemarvin Bonevacia of the Netherlands took bronze.In the women hammers throw, Anita Wlodarczyk continued her domination of the event, with a throw of 78.14 meters for her third European gold to add to the world title and record. Only an Olympic title is still missing from her resume. Her longtime rival Betty Heidler of Germany took silver.On Thursday, Greg Rutherford in the long jump and Dina Asher-Smith in the 200 got Britains first titles in the five-day event. 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WASHINGTON -- If Washington Redskins safety DeAngelo Halls season-ending injury might lead others to suspect the playmaking defensive backs 13-year NFL career is over, he was adamant Monday that wont be the case.Ill be back, Hall tweeted , adding: you can bet your life on that!!!!!!!Hall will miss the rest of this season with a torn ligament in his right knee, the third consecutive year the veteran will miss time with an injury. Redskins coach Jay Gruden said Monday that Hall needed surgery on his ACL.Its pretty significant, Gruden said.From a leadership standpoint, `D-Hall has done a lot for this organization, a lot for this team, the coach said. Hes going to be missed.Hall, who turns 33 in November, was hurt in the first half of Washingtons 29-27 victory at the NFC East rival New York Giants on Sunday.He has spent the past nine seasons with the Redskins. After entering the league as a cornerback, taken with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2004 draft by Atlanta, Hall switched to safety last season.Hall missed five games in 2015. The season before, he was out 13 games, sidelined by a torn Achilles tendon.Hes got to really take a look at it and see where he is once he does the rehab and if he wants to try it again, Gruden said. I havent talked to him about that, his future, yet. We just want him to get well first.Will Blackmon, a cornerrback until this season, will start at safety in Halls place, Gruden said.ddddddddddddBlackmon has become more comfortable back there. You can see that every day in practice and in the games, Gruden said. We have total faith that hell get the job done.Halls injury was the most serious for the Redskins (1-2) to deal with as they prepare to host the Cleveland Browns (0-3) next Sunday, but it was hardly the only one.- Cornerback Bashaud Breeland has strained tendons in his right ankle, which Gruden called a week-to-week issue. Yet another defensive back, Dashaun Phillips, has a strained hamstring.- Two offensive linemen also have problems that Gruden described as week to week: left guard Shawn Lauvao (moderate ankle sprain) and center Kory Lichtensteiger (calf strain).- Rookie wideout Josh Doctsons Achilles tendon, which has bothered him since he joined the team, was sore during pregame warmups, so he was inactive against the Giants. Weve just got to continue to treat him and figure out the roots of the problem and try to get it fixed, Gruden said.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich ' ' '