Paolo Petrecca

Paolo Petrecca is the director of Rai Sport, the sports division of Italy's state broadcaster, Rai. He is currently newsworthy due to a series of controversies surrounding Rai's coverage of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Firstly, Rai is accused of censorship for omitting the genitals from Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man in the opening credits. Secondly, Petrecca himself is under fire for numerous blunders during his commentary of the ceremony, including misidentifying the location as Rome's Stadio Olimpico instead of Milan's San Siro. These gaffes have incensed sports journalists at Rai, who are planning protests in response to what they perceive as unprofessional conduct. The situation highlights concerns about the quality of Rai's Olympic coverage and the leadership of its sports division.