Born to jump! Bruce Springsteen’s daughter Jessica wins silver Olympic medal
Jessica Springsteen, the daughter of rock star Bruce Springsteen, has won a silver medal in showjumping at the Olympics.
A member of the US team, they were beaten by Sweden in a jump-off for the gold medal on Saturday, while Belgium secured bronze.
It marked an Olympic debut for 29-year-old Springsteen, who is the youngest member of the team.
The Olympian pictured with her parents Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. Pic: AP
“It was wild,” she said.
Springsteen, daughter of “the Boss” and singer Patti Scialfa, said she called her family, who were “all screaming”.
She added: “I don’t think we understood a word that anyone was saying. Lots of yelling. All smiles, I just saw their Team USA gear. There was lots of shouting.”
Springsteen, along with her teammates Laura Kraut and McLain Ward, moved cleanly through the shortened jump-off course with a combined time of 124.2 seconds.
The final Swedish rider, Peder Fredricson, needed to circle the track in 40.30 seconds or better without error and cruised to a time of 39.01 for the country’s record fourth gold medal – but the first since 1924.
The Olympian, who is ranked in the world’s top 15, previously said: “This is not only my first Olympics, but also my first championships. I am so excited to represent my country at this level.”
She said it was something she had “always dreamt of”, adding it was a “huge honour” to be selected for the squad.
The postponement of the Olympics last year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, had allowed her to build a partnership with her 12-year-old stallion Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, she added.
Springsteen’s mum is reported to have introduced her to horses as a toddler while they were living on a farm in New Jersey.
Her parents had been expected to watch the tournament from their home in the US.
Elon Musk says he has created a new political party – the America Party –
after asking his followers if he should do so in an online poll.
It follows his public falling out with Republican President Donald Trump.
On Friday, the billionaire had asked his followers on X whether a new US political party should be created.
On Saturday evening he wrote on the same platform: “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!
“When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.
“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”
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Trump threatens to ‘put DOGE’ on Musk
The world’s richest man made the announcement just one day after President Trump signed a tax-cut and spending bill into law on Friday, which Musk had fiercely opposed.
Musk had previously said we would form and fund a new political party to unseat lawmakers who supported the bill.
From bromance to bust-up
The Tesla boss backed Trump’s election campaign with more than a quarter of a billion dollars, later rewarded with a high profile role running the newly created department of government efficiency (DOGE).
But observers of the two men, both with huge wealth and reputations, wondered how long the bromance would last.
Donald Trump gave Musk a warm send-off in the Oval Office in May. Pic: Reuters
In May Musk left the role, still on good terms with Trump but criticising key parts of his legislative agenda.
After that, the attacks ramped up, with Musk slamming the sweeping tax and spending bill as a “disgusting abomination” and Trump hitting back in a barbed tit-for-tat.
Trump earlier this week threatened to cut off the billion-dollar federal subsidies that flow to Musk’s companies, and said he would even consider deporting him.
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