. >> kara kohler of the united states. >> reporter: advanced in singles scull. >> i'm at olympic games finally. >> reporter: opportunity even sweeter when you've had to wait for it. ralph lauren is official outfitter of team usa. i've got a polo on. there's a hotter blazer that athletes are wearing. official team usa patch and traditional pony. those flag bearers were wearing a special white den um jacket with cool technology. literally a built-in mini air conditioner inside. those only a prototype, couldn't get one of those unfortunately. but sales of the collection go straight to the olympic and paralympic team. in tokyo, nbc bay area news. >> thanks liz. if you missed the opening ceremony. about 90 minutes from now. 4:30, watch on nbc bay area and online. also stream on peacock and nbcolympics.com. primetime watch out for the women's water polo team, first match led by danville's maggie stephens. watch at 10:00. and san francisco's kendall chase rows for team usa in qualifying heat. watch that tonight. >>> another potential delta downfall. it's dangerous if you're not vaccinated and

as we showed you last night, former cal bear kara kohler who won bronze, a bronze medal in the team rowing in 2012 is off to a strong start. she won her heat in singles rowing to advance to the quarterfinals on sunday. >> so exciting to findly get the start line and race at the olympics. >> a little surreal, like having to remind myself, wow, i am at the olympic games finally. >> and koehler is one of 90 athletes with ties to the bay area. of course weshlgs be following them all. or trying to throughout these olympics. yeah, a lot from stanford and cal. >> almost 65 or 66 from calais loan. >> wow. >> a lot of athletes from the bay area. >>> well, if you missed the opening ceremony early this morning don't worry, you will have another chance to watch it this afternoon. we will rebroadcast the celebration today at 4:30. you can watch it on nbc bay area and also online at ayarea.com. you can also stream it on peacock and at nbcolympics.com. >>> tomorrow marks three weeks since the east bay runner went running. volunteers not giving up on the seven. now, a bizarre case that left authorities an