Italy Wins Rematch With US in Men’s Olympic Water Polo

Italy's Pietro Figlioli celebrates after a score against the United States during a preliminary round men's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, on July 29, 2021. Mark Humphrey/AP Photo

TOKYO—Francesco Di Fulvio and Italy won the 2019 world championship in men’s water polo, establishing themselves as gold medal contenders for the Olympics. Then the coronavirus pandemic arrived.

A year after the Games were supposed to occur, Di Fulvio sees a wide-open competition in Tokyo.