Two thresholds at one distance
Michele Frangilli shot 593 over 25 metres in Gallarate, with halves of 296 and 297. His total surpassed Eric Libert’s men’s 50+ recurve world mark of 584 by 9 points, although ratification remains pending. Reading the result starts with placing the category beside the score. The senior and masters tables cover this distance, and Frangilli’s name appears in both.[1]
Frangilli also holds the senior men’s world record over 25 metres: 598, set in 2001 at the same Gallarate venue. His new total is 5 points below that mark. A new age-category best and a score close to the senior maximum therefore meet in this performance. Naming the table preserves the meaning of both the 9-point improvement and the remaining 5-point gap.[1]
The common distance and explicit age category place Frangilli’s total in two comparisons. On the men’s 50+ table, the benchmark is Libert’s 584. On the senior table, it is his own 598. The new 593 surpasses the previous highest score in the first category and sits close to the maximum in the second. Naming the age category makes the achievement attached to this total clear.[1]
The classification beside the score
At the same Gallarate competition, Cinzia Noziglia scored 547 for a senior European barebow record, improving her own 532 from 2020 at the same venue. Her table is defined by bow type; Frangilli’s new mark is also defined by age category. Sharing a competition site does not merge those classifications. Knowing which classification applies is part of the comparison, alongside knowing who holds the mark.[1]
Frangilli continues to enter senior competitions and recently appeared at the Swiss Open in Lausanne. The 50+ mark adds another comparison alongside that participation. An account confining him to his age category leaves out the senior events he actually enters. Presenting a masters performance as a new senior world record would instead erase the difference between 593 and 598.[1]
Recognition of 593 as a world record depends on ratification. The result can carry both the performance and its present status: 593 over 25 metres in men’s 50+ recurve, a new highest mark awaiting approval. With the archer, distance, bow type, age group and approval status together, readers can see the achievement’s scope without an inflated description of what the mark covers.[1]