not the main story here. the top headline is still the surge urging covid 19 cases and how the government has been asking covid 19 patients to stay at home unless there symptoms are very severe. so that has been getting some criticism. as for krystina tsimanouskaya, it was interesting how some people on social media have been comparing how she is being traded compared to the ugandan athlete who tried to run away early in the games. of because it is not as simple as just a difference in their skin colour, one tried to run away from his hotel room while the other looked for help through an official channel, through the ioc. but some people have also been speculating whether the fact that she sought asylum outside ofjapan may have contributed to the way she was treated because japan doesn t grant asylum to many people including the athletes. for now, let s turn our attention to the sports action.
united states has the most overall medals, with 66 all up. but it is china that has more gold medals, a whopping 29 for them there. plenty of time still to come for all the nations to win some more medals, particularly today, 22 more up for grabs. so let s have a look at what else day 11 has in store for us. we re going to have more action in the evening session in the athletics, the women s 200 metres final. athletics, the women s we ll also have the women s 800 metres final there, the 100 metres champion, elaine thompson herah from jamaica, going for the double. she no doubt will be pushed on by shelly ann fraser pryce, also ofjamaica going in that. we re also going to have the first boxing medals handed out today with the men s welterweight division and also the women s featherweight coming up. then in the velodrome for cycling, it could be a good day for britain s golden couple, laura and jason kenny.
they are both competing. laura won the team pursuit at two olympics in a row and jason kenny has won the team sprint at every games since beijing in 2008. another event makes its olympic debut in sport climbing, which promises to be one of the toughest gold medals to win in tokyo. you have to take part in three events in that. and of course gymnastics fans around the world will be very pleased to see america s star gymnast, simone biles, returning to action. she is going to be taking part in the beam final. remember she had missed some of the events here, saying she needed to prioritise her mental health. plenty of action to come, sally, but i think everybody who has been watching the olympics and particularly interested in the track and field are going to take a little bit of time to just process that world record we saw, the phenomenal performance from norway s karsten warholm
an oil tanker and crew members at the centre of an alleged hijack in the gulf of oman are reported to be safe. the united kingdom maritime organisation says the armed men who boarded the panama flagged mv asphalt princess have now left the ship. iran has denied that it was behind the seizure. britain and the united states have expressed concern over the incident which is the second alleged attack on a merchant vessel off the coast of oman in less than a week. iran has warned against creating what it called a false atmosphere against tehran. for now, let s turn our attention to the sports action. let s speak to jane dougall who s in the bbc sports centre. jane, hello. lots been going on. let s jane, hello. lots been going on. let s start jane, hello. lots been going on. let s start with jane, hello. lots been going on. let s start with the jane, hello. lots been going on. let s start with the athletics. - let s start with the athletics. morning stop there has been lots going on on