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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.
