Luigi Di Maio, 5-Star Movement’s premier candidate, left, listen’s to Gianni Maddaloni, father of Olympic judo champion Pino, on the occasion of his March 4 elections campaign rally stop at a judo gym in Naples’ Scampia neighborhood, southern Italy, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. This gym “did more than the politicians did” for Scampia, said Di Maio, a 31-year-old former web designer who was raised in the Naples area. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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