Jamaica’s Jaydon Hibbert has advanced to the final of the Men’s triple jump at the Paris Olympics.

The 19-year-old, in his first Olympic Games, produced a best jump of 16.99m to advance sixth overall in qualifying at the Stade de France on Wednesday.

That 16.99m came in his first-round jump. He then did 16.95m in round two before closing out his qualifying campaign with a foul in the third round.

The other Jamaican in the field, Jordan Scott, had a best jump of 16.36m to finish 24^th overall in qualifying.

Medal contenders Pedro Pichardo, Jordan Diaz Fortuin and Hugues Fabrice Zango all successfully made it through to Friday’s final.