Turin, 30 January (LaPresse) – "The sensationalist statements made today by Rai journalist Auro Bulbarelli regarding the President of the Republic's participation in the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Games are completely unfounded. The President of the Republic will be welcomed on Friday 6 February at the San Siro stadium by the President of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry, and will follow a protocol that has already been defined some time ago with the Quirinale.‘ This was stated in a note by the president of the Milano Cortina Foundation, Giovanni Malagò. ’Any other consideration – with comparisons to ceremonies that have taken place in the past – is pure fantasy," he added. Journalist Auro Bulbarelli, deputy editor-in-chief of Raisport, announced today during the presentation of Rai's schedule for the Games ‘a sensational surprise from the Head of State, Sergio Mattarella, comparable to what happened in London in 2012 with Queen Elizabeth and James Bond’.