reporter: american kenneth rooks shocking the field to take silver in his olympic debut. rooks looking like he could barely believe it. >> i just decided, you know what, i might as well go for it. i have nothing to lose. >> reporter: in women's pole vault, a more than three-hour showdown ending in silver for defending champ katie moon. while in artistic swimming, team usa bringing home olympic hardware for the first time in 20 years. >> beautiful. >> the americans securing silver after a show-stopping final acrobatic routine. >> incredible height. >> reporter: with feats like this, a brand-new position they created. >> this is the queen. >> reporter: anita alvarez returning after a scare two years ago, when she passed out in the pool. >> now be walking away with a silver medal is just like, can't even process it. >> reporter: meanwhile, in women's hoops, team usa breezing past nigeria to reach the semis. and cyclist kristen faulkner helping women to get her second gold in paris. and over at the skate park, american tom shar snagging silver, even impressing skating legend,

. >> it's gold for the usa.orter: in kenneth rooks is resilient!> reporter: in steeplechase underdog american kenneth rooks running an incredible race and taking silver. >> team usa medals. >> reporter: and in the 200-meter noah lyles cruising through the semis one step closer in his quest to win both the 100 and 200-meter sprints. meanwhile, team usa breaking two long medal droughts. the artistic swimming team winning silver celebrating for the first time in 20 years. >> we approached calm, confident like any other day,and we're here. >> reporter: in weightlifting, hampton morris became the first american man to win a medal in four decades. >> what a start. >> reporter: over at skateboarding tom schaar barely made the olympics team. today he became a silver medalist in men's park. >> tom schaar! >> talk to me about the flag draped around your shoulder. what does it feel like? >> the chances were pretty slim of getting here. i barely qualified, last second, so i'm just trying to enjoy the moment right now. >> team usa. >> reporter: another surprise

kenneth rooks of the united states took silver, with kenya's abraham kibiwot winning the bronze medalrome, great britain's men have won team pursut silver, in a pulsating final in paris. coming up — the moment ethan hayter ,who was leading the gb train, came out of his saddle in the closing 200 metres and almost lost control of his bike, handing the australians victory. hayter and team mates dan bigham, charlie tanfield and ethan vernon were pipped to gold by australia, who triumphed in this event for the first time since the 2004 games. moments later, great britain's women picked up bronze in the same discipline. elinor barker, josie knight, anna morris and jess roberts beat italy to continue gb�*s run of reaching the women's team pursuit podium at every olympics since it was introduced in 2012. andy macdonald's skateboarding olympic debut at the age of 51 ended in the park heats, but he called it "an experience of a lifetime". he's considered a legend of the sport, and had the crowd on its feet after all three of his runs. but his best run put him 18th out of 22 — the gold eventuall

>> reporter: in steeplechase, underdog american kenneth rooks running an incredible race and taking silveream usa medals! >> reporter: and in the 200-meter, noah lyles cruising through the semis. one step closer in his quest to win both the 100 and 200-meter sprints. the artistic swimming team winning silver, celebrating their first medal in 20 years. >> we just proefrped today like calm, confident and here we are. >> reporter: and in weight lifting, hampton morris the first american man to win a medal in four decades. tom schaar became a silver medallist in men's park. >> wow! >> reporter: talk to me about the flag draped around your shouldering, a silver medal. what does that feel like? >> the chances were pretty slim of me getting barely qualified at the last second. so i'm still trying to enjoy the moment right now. >> team usa! >> reporter: and another surprise medal in women's team cycling pursuit. team usa wink its first-ever gold, the second games for kristin faulkner who shocked everyone by winning sunday's road race. and in basketball, the u.s. beating nigeria and advancing to th

and a big surprise in the men's 3000 meter steeplechase, where kenneth rooks grabbed the lead in the final lap and wound up getting the silver, just the second u.s. medal in the event since 1988. a lung busting, heart stopping surge days after an upset gold medal win in cycling's 98 mile road race, christian faulkner added another in the velodrome, part of the team pursuit final against new zealand team usa, an epic gold medal can this for third place if he can jerk it. 20 year old hampton morris did just that, his bronze medal, the first of any sort for the u.s. in weightlifting since 1984. back up top and drama in men's water polo. the u.s. scored with 32 seconds left to force a shootout against australia. that's where marco vavic got the winner, advancing team usa to the semifinals and chasing the first medal since 2008. that's the year that marks the last time team usa competed in artistic swimming. but today they put on a show that brought them silver runner up to china. the transformation under raj. janelle i am just obsessed with artistic swimming. it was so incredible to watc

kenneth rooks of the united states took silver, with kenya's abraham kibiwot winning the bronze medalmoment when ethan hayter,who when ethan hayter, who was leading the gb train, came out of his saddle in the closing 200 metres. and almost lost control of his bike, handing the australians victory. hayter and team mates dan bigham, charlie tanfield and ethan vernon were pipped to gold by australia, who triumphed in this event for the first time since the 2004 games. my my legs are fire. just... yeah, i'm looking forward to tomorrow and just, obviously it's a bit disappointing from being so close, you know, but i'm not too bothered about the result. it's like just so good to be here and that gold metal rider, you watch on tv, going to be a few good memes about that. moments later, great britain's women picked up bronze in the same discipline. elinor barker, josie knight, anna morris and jess roberts beat italy to continue gb's run of reaching the women's team pursuit podium at every olympics since it was introduced in 2012. andy mcdonald's skateboarding olympic debut at the age of 51 en

meanwhile in his debutats the olympics kenneth rooks surged forward in the men's 3,000 meter steeplechaseearn silver. and katie moon added to team usa's medal count in track and field, clearing a height of nearly 16 feet for silver in the women's pole-vault. for the second time in two days an american woman secured wrestling gold. 30-year-old sarah hildebrandt to win the first ever wrestling gold for the u.s. until yesterday no two female wrestlers had ever won gold at a single olympics. meanwhile, hampton morris became the first u.s. man in 40 years to win a weight lifting medal taking bronze in the 61-diagram final. the 21-year-old morris is also the youngest male u.s. weightlifter to win the medal since all the way back in 1956. and on the final day of olympic skateboarding events there in paris, american tom schaar earned silver in the men's car final. and cyclist kristen faukler earned her second gold medal of the paris games as she and three other american women rode to the first u.s. victory in the event of team pursuit. and in a return to the artistic swimming competition for the

kenneth rooks digging deep and securing silver. >> the idea was to save as much energy as possible but also be in striking distance to close well into the race. >> reporter: katie moon also soaring to silver in pole vault, now her second olympic medal after winning gold in 2020. and all eyes again on super star noah liles sprinting to second place in the semifinals hoping to grab gold in this afternoon's finals to match the one he won earlier this week. for the first time in 40 years an american man taking home an olympic medal. 20-year-old hampton morris winning bronze. and team usa making waves in the pool bringing home silver in artistic swimming after a dazzling routine and ending a two decade medal drought. on the court, a'ja wilson dominating in women's basketball, dropping 20 points during the quarter final match against nigeria. the undefeated olympic team punching their ticket to the semifinals. and we have talked about the u.s. having the most medals and the domination of the american women. but look, u.s. women's basketball team are huge here at the olympics, even bringing o

in the men's steeplechase, american kenneth rooks came out of nowhere to shock the field, bolting to win the silver. it was ahearbrket ear for the american men's team as they lost a five-set thriller to poland in the semifinals of indoor volleyball. that's your latest on the olympics. "squawk box" will be back right after this break. high five! high five! -i'm in a call... >> announcer: this cnbc olympic brief is sponsored by comcast business, powering possibilities. five years of a great rate that won't change. yep, dave's feeling it. but it's only for a limited time. five years? -five years? introducing the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering 5 years of savings. powering possibilities. are you keeping as much of your investment gains as possible? high taxes can erode returns quickly. at creative planning, your portfolio is managed in a tax-efficient manner. it's what you keep that really matters. book your free meeting today at creativeplanning.com. >>> harvard, princeton, some of the other ivy league schools routinely top the list of the wealthiest endowment fun

meanwhile, in his debut at the olympics, kenneth rooks surged forward in the homestretch of the men'sr steeplechase to earn silver. and katie moon added to the medal count in track and field, clearing nearly 16 feet, right there, for silver in the women's pole vault. for the second time in two days, an american woman has secured wrestling gold. 30-year-old sarah hillenbrandt winning the fourth ever wrestling gold for the u.s. until yesterday, no two american female wrestlers had ever won gold at a single olympics. meanwhile, hampton morris became the first u.s. man in 40 years to win an olympic weightlifting medal, as he took bronze in the 61 kilogram final. the 20-year-old morris is also the youngest male u.s. weight lifter to win a medal since all the way back in 1956. and on the final day of olympic skateboarding events in paris, american tom shar earned silver in the park final. in the team competition, cyclist kristin faulkner earned her second medal of the paris games as she and three other american women rode to the first ever u.s. victory in team pursuit. in a return to the ar