's daughter, Jessica Springsteen, was unable to qualify for the Paris 2024 after taking home the silver for the United States in the 2021 Olympics. The equestrian rider, 32, competed in her first in Tokyo three years ago, and was hoping to travel to Paris with Team USA this summer. But earlier this month, the equestrian roster was released and included Kent Farrington, Laura Kraut, McLain Ward, and Karl Cook as an alternate - leaving Jessica off of Team USA.
She was previously included on a shortlist made up of 10 riders, but ultimately did not make the final roster. According to NJ.com, Bruce included a two-week break in his tour next month so he could go watch Jessica compete in Paris.
Her omission might have to do with her current world ranking. Jessica was 14th in the world when she competed at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Now she's ranked 127th.
While she was in Tokyo, she rode a 12-year-old Belgian warmblood horse and scored the silver medal in jumping, Team USA's fourth equestrian team jumping medal out of the last five Olympic games. Back in May, she spoke to Harper's Bazaar about her time competing in Tokyo. "Tokyo 2020 was such an incredible experience, but because of that year and all the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, you know, you couldn't have your family and your friends there," she said.
Jessica added that she hoped to qualify for the Paris Olympics. "So I was like, 'oh my gosh, I would love to go to another Olympics and be able to share that with my family, who've been so supportive of my career for so many years,'" she added. "There really is no other sport like it, and I think the connection you develop with the horses is something really special," Jessica continued, "That’s what has drawn me to it since I was little, and that is what I still love the most about it: how in sync you can be with your horse.
Once you’ve created that partnership, the horses can read what you are thinking before you even ask them to do it." The only daughter of Bruce and his wife Patti started riding when she was four years old when she grew up on her family's 368-acre Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey. She's the couple's middle child, born between her brothers Evan and Samuel.
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