Dan West set a new personal best to win silver in his shot put event.
Zhanna Block ran a personal best to win gold in the women's 60m, leaving Angie Williams in her wake as she pulled away over the last 20 metres.
But even without the personal fortune that helped Bloomberg win as a Republican (or the one that John Catsimatidis may use to help him), Lhota stands out as a compelling and competitive candidate.
Crown Prince Abdullah invested both personal prestige and diplomatic capital to win Arab backing for his peace initiative.
"I'm happy with a personal best but I wanted to win - I don't believe in laps of honour for being second, " he told BBC Sport.
Semenya went on to win the world title in another personal best time of 1.55.45 seconds, two seconds clear of defending champion Janeth Jepkosgei.
If anything, a fine is something a James Harrison can point to as an example of a personal sacrifice he bore to help the team win.
Ye Shiwen took seconds off her personal best to break the world record and win a gold medal in the 400m medley on Saturday, swimming faster in the last 50m than the winner of the men's event.
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But, with Elissalde including 11 conversions in his personal haul of 27 points, France recorded their record win and they will go into Friday's crunch match against Ireland in a far more positive frame of mind.
Just as she did in winning the 800m on Monday, Holmes judged the race to perfection, going wide and surging for home over the last 250 meters to win in three minutes 57.90 seconds, a personal best and a British record.
If, on the other hand, Mitt Romney were to win, Israeli voters will be encouraged to bask in the personal and political warmth between the new president and the incumbent prime minister.
The insurance industry's widespread acceptance of referral fees, to sell information about accident victims to claims management firms or to no-win, no-fee, law firms, will be made unlawful in personal injury claims.
Had Cabrera held on to win his second green jacket in four years, the livelihoods of every golfer's personal trainer could have been in jeopardy.
Gilmore's proposal to eliminate the state's personal property tax (on cars and trucks) has resonated in northern Virginia, which the Democrat must win convincingly if he is to win the November 4th election.
But I want to win that war of ideas on the merits of the ideas, not on the basis of personal attacks that harm a person's character or cause pain for their family members.
He went on not only to win re-election, but presided in an era of unprecedented prosperity, and remained popular despite personal scandals and even impeachment.
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