Tokyo Olympics: Jessica Springsteen wins silver in equestrian team jumping
Born to jump Jessica Springsteen and her American teammates rode to a silver medal in the team equestrian jumping competition at the Tokyo Games. >> Read more trending newsJessica Springsteen, daughter of rock ‘n’ roll legend Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, was part of the U.S. equestrian team that took a silver medal in the Tokyo Games on Saturday. Jessica Springsteen teamed with Laura Kraut and McLain Ward to take the silver, CNN reported. Congratulations to New Jersey’s own Jessica Springsteen for bringing home the silver in equestrian team jumping! “I had really high hopes coming in today,” Jessica Springsteen told reporters.
wftv.comSpringsteen, US fall to Swedes in jump off, earn silver
Tokyo Olympics Equestrian United States' Jessica Springsteen, riding Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, competes in a jump-off during the equestrian jumping team final at Equestrian Park in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. It's the first for the 29-year-old Springsteen, the daughter of famed rockers Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, who made her Olympic debut in Tokyo. Springsteen, Laura Kraut and Ward each moved cleanly through the shortened jump-off course and did so with a combined time of 124.2 seconds. That left the Americans and Swedes tied for the lead and necessitated the jump off. It's the second straight silver for the U.S. team, which won its last gold in 2008 — also with Kraut and Ward on the team.
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wftv.comSpringsteen, US team qualify for equestrian jumping final
Tokyo Olympics Equestrian United States' Jessica Springsteen, riding Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, competes during the equestrian jumping team qualifying at Equestrian Park in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Carolyn Kaster)TOKYO — (AP) — Jessica Springsteen and the U.S. equestrian jumping team earned an encore performance in qualifying Friday night. Springsteen and gold medal-winning teammates Laura Kraut and McClain Ward secured a spot in Saturday night's team jumping final with a trio of nearly perfect trips around the Equestrian Park course. Springsteen is the daughter of famed rocker Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band wife, Patti Scialfa. "I used to watch her jump being like, ‘Oh my God, she’s jumping so big.
wftv.comFelix runs for history, Americans seek more basektball gold
Tokyo Olympics Athletics Allyson Felix, of the United States, reacts prior to the start in a semifinal of the women's 400-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) (Matthias Schrader)TOKYO — (AP) — Set the alarm for Day 14 of the Tokyo Games and watch Allyson Felix attempt to win a 10th track and field Olympic medal over breakfast. Jessica Springsteen, daughter of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band wife, Patti Scialfa, will attempt to win her first Olympic medal. Medals will be awarded in the women's marathon, women's high jump, women's 10,000-meters, men's javelin, men's 1,500-meters and both 4x400 meter relays. Here are some things to watch (all times Eastern):TRACK & FIELDAllyson Felix came to the Tokyo Games chasing history.
wftv.comSpringsteen makes Olympic debut, falls short in qualifier
APTOPIX Tokyo Olympics Equestrian United States' Jessica Springsteen, riding Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, competes during the equestrian jumping individual qualifying at Equestrian Park in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Carolyn Kaster)KAMIYOGA, Japan — (AP) — Jessica Springsteen had no luck going solo in Tokyo. Nearly all the mainstream press coverage for equestrian in the U.S. during these Games has focused on Springsteen. On the ground here, about a half dozen members of the Bruce Springsteen Japan Facebook group gathered outside the locked stadium last week to offer support. “I support many athletes in the Tokyo Olympics at the moment,” Gates wrote on Instagram.
wftv.comBruce Springsteen's daughter makes Olympic equestrian team
US Roster Springsteen Olympics Equestrian FILE - Jessica Springsteen rides Volage du Val Henry at the Sweden International Horse Show at the Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden, in this Sunday Dec. 1, 2019, file photo. The daughter of rock icon Bruce Springsteen and singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa has been selected as one of four riders on the U.S. jumping team that will compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Twenty-nine-year-old Jessica Springsteen is making her Olympic debut. U.S. Equestrian announced Monday that Jessica Springsteen would be making her Olympic debut. Springsteen will team with Kent Farrington, Laura Kraut and McLain Ward when the equestrian competition begins Aug. 3.
wftv.comBruce Springsteen’s daughter Jessica to compete in Tokyo Olympics
She has qualified to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (Andrew Medichini/AP)There’s going to be a Springsteen at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic games this year. Instead, it’s his daughter Jessica Springsteen who will be at the games, ESPN reported. My mom had always wanted to ride so when we moved to New Jersey she started taking lessons,” Jessica Springsteen told People magazine in the past. Jessica Springsteen was named to the four-member team.
wftv.comJessica Springsteen gets biggest career win
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images(CNN) - Jessica Springsteen claimed the biggest win of her equestrian career Saturday after riding to victory in the Saint-Tropez leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT). The 27-year-old daughter of iconic rocker Bruce Springsteen stormed to victory in a scintillating jump-off, riding her 12-year-old bay mare RMF Zecilie. She was with me every step of the way," said a beaming Springsteen after her first LGCT win. However, attention has already turned to the New York leg of the tour, held between September 27-29. It was the team's second win of the season but younger rider Maikel said he is already focused on the New York leg in two weeks.
Van der Vleuten wins Monaco leg of Global Champions Tour show jumping
HONG KONG - FEBRUARY 19: Maikel van der Vleuten of Netherlands rides Kisby in the Longines Speed Challenge during the 2016 Longines Masters of Hong Kong on February 20, 2016 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Photo by Xaume Olleros/Getty Images for Longines)(CNN) - Maikel van der Vleuten won the Monaco leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour in a tight finish where the top four in the elite show jumping event were separated by a little over a second. "When I saw Julien on the screen, I could bet on it that he should win," said van der Vleuten. READ: Global Champions Tour 2019 schedule and resultsJudging by the result, it wasn't. As one of the smallest venues on the tour, there wasn't much room to manoever but that didn't bother van der Vleuten, who qualified for the season-ending Longines Global Champions Tour Super Grand Prix in Prague.