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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Here is the Paris Olympics TV schedule for Friday, Aug. 9.

Highlights include men’s and women’s 4×100-meter relays in track and field, women’s basketball semifinals (U.S. vs. Australia 11:30 a.m. EST on Peacock) and U.S. men’s water polo vs. Serbia (8:30 a.m. EST on E!).

Friday, Aug. 9

ARTISTIC SWIMMING

3:45 p.m. EST

E! — Duet: Technical Routine

BASKETBALL

6 a.m. EST

TELEMUNDO — Baloncesto

3 p.m. EST

UNIVERSO — Baloncesto

6 p.m. EST

USA — Women’s Semifinal

8 p.m. EST

USA — Women’s Semifinal

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

3 p.m. EST

USA — Women’s Bronze Final

4:30 p.m. EST

NBC — Women’s Gold Final

11 p.m. EST

NBC — Primetime in Paris (Aug. 9)

BOXING

7:45 a.m. EST

USA — Boxing, Taekwondo

BREAKING

10 a.m. EST

E! — Women’s Qualification

2 p.m. EST

E! — Women’s Final

3 p.m. EST

UNIVERSO — Baloncesto

11 p.m. EST

NBC — Primetime in Paris (Aug. 9)

CANOEING

2:35 a.m. EST

NBC — NBC Late Night (Aug. 8)

7:15 a.m. EST

E! — Sprint: Canoe, Kayak Finals

CYCLING

3:30 a.m. EST

USA — Women’s Keirin, Men’s Omnium

1 p.m. EST

E! — Men’s Sprint, Women’s Madison

DIVING

4 a.m. EST

E! — Men’s 10m Platform Preliminary

11 a.m.

TELEMUNDO — cos PaClavados

FIELD HOCKEY

11 a.m. EST

USA — Women’s Bronze Final

9:30 p.m. EST

USA — Women’s Gold Final

GOLF

3 a.m. EST

GOLF — Women’s Round 3: Part 1

7 a.m. EST

GOLF — Women’s Round 3: Part 2

HANDBALL

10:30 p.m. EST

USA — Men’s Semifinal

11:30 p.m. EST

USA — Men’s Semifinal

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

8 a.m. EST

E! — Group Qualification

Noon EST

UNIVERSO — Gimnasia Ritmica

4 p.m. EST

NBC — Individual All-Around Final

SOCCER

9 a.m. EST

TELEMUNDO — Paris 2024 – Fútbol Femenino Medalla de Bronze
USA — Women’s Bronze Final

Noon EST

TELEMUNDO — Medalla de Oro – Fútbol Masculino
USA — Men’s Gold Final

SPORT CLIMBING

2:35 a.m. EST

NBC — NBC Late Night (Aug. 8)

6:40 a.m. EST

E! — Men’s Combined: Final

SWIMMING

1:30 a.m. EST

USA — Men’s 10km Open Water

8 a.m. EST

TELEMUNDO — Natación

TABLE TENNIS

12:15 p.m. EST

E! — Men’s Team: Bronze Final

4 p.m. EST

USA — Men’s Team: Gold Final

TAEKWONDO

7:45 a.m. EST

USA — Boxing, Taekwondo

TRACK & FIELD

4 a.m. EST

USA — Heats: Men’s & Women’s 4x400m & more

1:30 p.m. EST

NBC — Finals: Men’s & Women’s 4x100m & more

11 p.m. EST

NBC — Primetime in Paris (Aug. 9)

VOLLEYBALL

2 p.m. EST

USA — Men’s Bronze Final

WATER POLO

8:30 a.m. EST

E! — Water Polo & more

5 p.m. EST

E! — Men’s Semifinal

WEIGHTLIFTING

7:15 a.m. EST

USA — Men’s 73kg, Women’s 59kg Finals

WRESTLING

8:30 a.m. EST

USA — M 74kg, 125kg, W 62kg Freestyle Eliminations

5 p.m. EST

USA — Finals: M&W Freestyle 57kg & more

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Prosecutors have dismissed a case against a West St. Paul woman who was charged with child neglect after police responded to a report of shots fired inside her apartment building and found fentanyl pills on her kitchen floor.

The Dakota County Attorney’s office dropped the gross misdemeanor charge against 24-year-old Jazzlynn Jonell Humphrey last month, citing insufficient evidence. In a July 31 court filing, assistant county attorney Amy Schaffer said that upon a review of additional investigation after the criminal complaint was filed, “the State cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the children were present at the residence at a time when the alleged controlled substances and ammunition were present and accessible.”

Humphrey’s attorney did not immediately return a call Thursday for comment.

Police responded to the shots fired call at the apartment building in the 1070 block of Waterloo Avenue just after 7 p.m. Jan. 30. Officers spoke with a man who said he was in his second-floor apartment and heard a loud bang. He said he looked at his ceiling and noticed a small hole. He then saw a bullet lodged in his kitchen floor.

He told officers he believed the bullet was shot from the apartment directly above his, and that he has had noise issues with the person who lives there, the complaint said. He believed a woman, her two young children and a man live in the apartment.

Officers were unable to make contact with anyone in the third-floor apartment. They obtained a search warrant and summoned the SWAT team to assist “due to the serious nature of the call,” the complaint said.

While awaiting to execute the search warrant, Humphrey drove up to the apartment building. She “was not cooperative with officers and provided limited information,” the complaint said.

She said she left her apartment earlier in the afternoon and was just arriving back. She said she lives there with her 3-year-old child and her 2-month-old infant. She denied that a man lives with them.

During the search, officers found a plastic bag of pink pills on the kitchen counter. Blue pills were “scattered across the kitchen floor,” the complaint said. The pink and blue pills both tested positive for fentanyl. A Glock handgun case was on the kitchen table and unspent bullets were found in different areas of the apartment.

“Fentanyl is a highly dangerous drug, especially in close proximity to children,” the complaint said. “Small amounts of fentanyl could cause harm or death to children.”

Humphrey was charged Feb. 1 and released from the Dakota County Jail the same day with no bond amount and several conditions, including no use or possession of firearms or dangerous weapons, no use of alcohol or controlled substances, and random testing.

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Sections of Interstate 35E north of St. Paul will be closed over the next two weekends, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Northbound I-35E will be closed beginning at 10 p.m. Friday and ending at 5 a.m. Monday between I-694 and the I-35E/I35W split. Motorists will be directed to northbound I-35W during the closure.

Southbound I-35E will be closed beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, and ending at 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19, from the I35E/I35W split to I-694. Motorists will be detoured to southbound I-35W during the closure.

These closures are due to concrete repair work.

Construction and traffic are always weather dependent.

For the latest updates on road conditions, visit www.511mn.org or call 511.

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