Russia's 2011 World Championships heptathlon gold medallist Tatyana Chernova is the female overall winner of the 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge and will receive a prize of $30,000, the sport's global governing body announced on Thursday.

Czech javelin thrower Barbora Spotakova and Germany hammer star Betty Heidler, both world record holders in their respective events, were among six European winners at the 90th anniversary celebration of the ISTAF meeting, one of the world’s oldest athletics meetings, in Berlin on Sunday.