TOKYO (AP) — Jessica Springsteen and the U.S. equestrian jumping team have qualified for the finals and will compete for a second straight medal Saturday night.
Springsteen — daughter of rocker Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band wife, Patti Scialfa — will join teammates Laura Kraut and McClain Ward as the Americans try to improve on their silver from 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
Springsteen and Kraut each displaced just one rail for four penalty points each, and Ward closed with five penalties. Their total of 13 points assured them a finals entry before qualifying even ended.
Springsteen also picked up four penalties in Tuesday’s qualifying for the individual jumping, when all three American riders failed to earn entry to the final.
Ward is the only returning member of the silver-medal team from Rio. He and Kraut were also on the 2008 team that took gold in Beijing.