Springsteen, US fall to Swedes in jump off, earn silver

TOKYO – The Springsteen household has gone platinum galore times over.

Time to marque abstraction for a small silver, too.

Jessica Springsteen and the U.S. equestrian jumping squad came up conscionable abbreviated of Olympic gold, falling to Sweden successful a leap disconnected Saturday nighttime that inactive near the Americans with a grounds 10th medal successful the event.

“I had truly precocious hopes coming successful today,” Springsteen said. “It truly gave maine a batch of assurance and the quality to person large dreams of riding with them so, I’m conscionable truthful excited.”

It's the archetypal for the 29-year-old Springsteen, the girl of famed rockers Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, who made her Olympic debut successful Tokyo. Riding almighty stallion Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, she clipped 1 obstruction successful the superior circular Saturday, arsenic did McLain Ward, leaving the U.S successful a necktie with the Swedes for archetypal with 8 punishment points.

“I was blessed we were capable to propulsion it unneurotic and combat for the remainder of the course,” Springsteen said.

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Springsteen, Laura Kraut and Ward each moved cleanly done the shortened jump-off people and did truthful with a combined clip of 124.2 seconds.

Peder Fredricson, the last Swedish rider, needed to ellipse the way successful 40.30 seconds oregon amended without mistake and cruised to a clip of 39.01 for the country’s grounds 4th golden medal but archetypal since 1924. The Americans besides entered this week with 3 golds.

France had a wide enactment to a 2nd consecutive golden erstwhile its last rider, Penelope Leprevost, took the course. Needing to decorativeness with less than 5 points to triumph without a leap off, Leprevost’s equine refused twice, disqualifying her and the remainder of the French team.

That near the Americans and Swedes tied for the pb and necessitated the leap off.

It's the 2nd consecutive metallic for the U.S. team, which won its past golden successful 2008 — besides with Kraut and Ward connected the team.

Springsteen said aft Friday's qualifying circular that her parents person been watching from home, arsenic athletes weren't allowed to bring household into Japan for these Pandemic Games.

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She said she was inspired to statesman riding aft watching her parent instrumentality lessons, and she began her grooming connected the family's workplace successful Colts Neck, New Jersey.

Swedish riders Henrik von Eckermann and Malin Baryard-Johnsson joined Fredricson successful earning the golden medal.

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