Watch: 100 Days to the Tokyo Olympic Games (Community Event)

We are 100 days to the Tokyo Olympic Games!

NBC Bay Area in partnership with the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California on Wednesday hosted an event to mark the milestone at San Francisco's historic Japantown. The event was emceed by NBC Bay Area anchor Raj Mathai and featured local Olympians.

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The Tokyo Olympics are 100 days away. NBC Bay Area and the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California marked the occasion with a celebratory event in San Francisco's Japantown. Robert Handa reports.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston also made remarks at the event.

"This has been a hard year, but today's ceremony gives me hope," San Francisco Mayor London Breed said at a community event marking 100 days until the start of the #TokyoOlympics.

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In addition, Bay Area Olympians Kristi Yamaguchi, Alexander Massialas, Greg Massialas and Anne Warner Cribbs presented medallions to residents from Japantown and the surrounding areas in San Francisco who have shown exceptional courage and strength during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bay Area Olympians, including Kristi Yamaguchi and Alexander Massialas, presented medallions to people from Japantown and surrounding areas in San Francisco who have shown exceptional courage and strength during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/fiTYyRd1c7 pic.twitter.com/CdUUfvr6XP
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NBC Bay Area is the Bay Area's exclusive home for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Coverage begins on Friday, July 23 with a live broadcast of the Tokyo Opening Ceremony.