Jessica Springsteen, the equestrian daughter of legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen, just isn’t going to be representing the USA once more on this yr’s Olympics regardless of doing so in Tokyo in 2021.
USA Equestrian revealed its leaping crew for the Paris Olympics on Saturday afternoon, and Springsteen wasn’t on it.
As a substitute, veteran riders Kent Farrington, Laura Kraut and McLain Ward had been within the three spots, with Karl Cook dinner named because the crew’s alternate.
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Jessica Springsteen rides Don Juan Van de Donkhoeve within the leaping crew last at Equestrian Park on Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. ( Julian Finney/Getty Photos)
Springsteen, 32, was with Kraut and Ward on the Toyko Olympics, serving to them accumulate a silver medal to mark the fourth medal prior to now 5 Olympics for the Individuals within the occasion. Springsteen was driving her 12-year-old stallion named Don Juan van de Donkhoeve.
She was monitoring to make the crew this yr, being named certainly one of 10 on the U.S. Leaping Group’s brief checklist for the Olympics in April. U.S. Equestrian mentioned in a press launch on the time that these 10 athletes could be “chosen for continued statement.”
Nonetheless, Springsteen’s standing in rankings didn’t match up with the place she was three years in the past.
In line with the Worldwide Federation of Equestrian Sports activities’ official web site, Springsteen is ranked 127th on the planet after being 14th in 2021.
Jessica Springsteen rides within the Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Qualifier on the Hampton Traditional Horse Present on Sept. 1, 2023, in Bridgehampton, New York. (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Photos)
Farrington (sixth), Ward, (fifteenth), Kraut (thirty fifth) and Cook dinner (twenty third) are all a lot greater within the rankings than Springsteen.
Springsteen expressed the will to maintain competing with hopes of reaching the Olympics throughout an interview in Might with Harper’s Bazaar.
“Tokyo 2020 was such an unimaginable expertise, however due to that yr and all of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, you recognize, you couldn’t have your loved ones and your pals there,” Springsteen defined. “So I used to be like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’d like to go to a different Olympics and have the ability to share that with my household, who’ve been so supportive of my profession for therefore a few years.’”
Jessica Springsteen rides Naomi van het Keizershof through the CSI5* – Worldwide Competitors N5 offered by Crivelli – Verona Leaping at one hundred and twenty fifth Fieracavalli on Nov. 11, 2023, Verona, Italy. (Roberto Tommasini/NurPhoto through Getty Photos)
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Her father truly had a two-week block in his touring schedule put aside through the Olympics. And although that’s not formally the explanation behind the tour break, one would assume it labored completely for Springsteen to see his daughter if she made the crew.
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