Joseph Fahnbulleh came up just shy of his pre-Olympic aspirations Thursday in France, finishing eighth in the men’s 200-meter final.
Running for Liberia, the 2019 Hopkins grad finished in 20.15 seconds, more than four tenths off the podium and a few hundredths lower than his semifinal time.
A medal was Fahnbulleh’s stated goal entering the Olympics. He was impressive in his first round and semifinal races but couldn’t quite find top gear on Thursday.
Botswana’s Letsile Tobogo won the race, with Rice Lake’s Kenny Bednarek taking the silver in the event for the second straight Olympics.
Fahnbulleh — who raced the anchor leg of the 4×100 first round for Liberia earlier in the day Thursday — finished ninth in the event at the 2023 World Championships after taking fifth in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. But he did win the event at the African Championships in June — an event in which Tobogo was scheduled to run, but did not start.
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