The 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics have been marked by multiple controversies since the Games began on February 6, and now the resignation of Italian state broadcaster RAI’s head of sports, Paolo Petrecca, has become the latest flashpoint.
What was meant to be routine commentary at the high-profile event instead triggered a fierce backlash, and even a protest by fellow journalists, following a series of widely criticized blunders during his coverage that many said “embarrassed” the host nation.
His departure quickly sparked a wave of humorous reactions, with netizens writing, “When your Olympic commentary is so disastrous it causes a national strike, resigning is the only option!”
