Jessica Springsteen won’t be having her “glory days” at the Olympics this time around.
The U.S. Equestrian Team on Saturday announced its roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which includes veteran riders Kent Farrington, Laura Clout and McClain Ward, as well as alternate Karl Cook.
The 32-year-old daughter of legendary musician Bruce Springsteen, 74, who won a silver medal as part of the U.S. show jumping team in Tokyo in 2021, has been left off the national team roster.
The “Dancing in the Dark” singer was taking a two-week break from her European tour to coincide with the Olympics. According to NJ.com.
On April 10, the Jessica native was named to the U.S. jumping team’s top 10 Olympic finalists for the first time.
The group was “selected for continued observation,” the U.S. Equestrian Federation said in a press release.
However, she dropped to 127th place. In the rankingAccording to the International Equestrian Federation, on the way to team selection,
This is a dramatic fall from 14th place in 2021.
Three years ago, she teamed with Clout and Ward to bring home her fourth medal in the last five Olympic Games aboard a 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood horse.
The medal and the COVID-19 disruptions have left the younger Springsteen eager to return to global shows.
“The 2020 Tokyo Games was an amazing experience, but that year there were many restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and we were not able to invite our family and friends.” “It’s a big part of what I’ve been doing,” Springsteen told Harper’s Bazaar in May.“So I thought, ‘Oh, I want to compete in another Olympics and share it with my family who have supported my career for so many years.'”
Springsteen grew up on a 368-acre farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey, began taking lessons at age 4, and quickly developed a talent that rivaled that of people in their 40s and 50s.
“There’s no other sport like this, and I think the bond you form with a horse is really special,” she said in 2020. “That’s what drew me to the sport at an early age and it’s still what I love most about it: how in tune you are with the horse. When you have that partnership, the horse can read what you’re thinking before you ask him to do anything.”
The equestrian events at this year’s Games begin on July 27, with the individual jumping qualifying events starting two days later.
