The World  Under  20  Triple  Jump World record set by Jamaica’s Jaydon Hibbert 17.75 metres  has been ratified by World Athletics.

Hibbert  who turns 20 on Friday  improved his own World U20 record with that performance on June  1  last  year  in  Jamaica.

The previous ratified record was the leap of 17.66metres Hibbert achieved in Monaco on July 21, 2023.

In  his series in Kingston at the racers  Grand  Prix last June Hibbert opened with an effort of 16.45 metres, which  he  improved  17.14  in the second round and 17.30metres in the third round before he soared  to a meeting record and World U20 record of 17.75m  in the fourth and final round  for  third  place  on  the world list  for  2024

Hibbert went on to finish fourth at the  2024  Paris Olympics  clearing 17.61metres, just three centimetres off the bronze medal-winning mark.

Hibbert’s achievements in 2024 also earned him a nomination for men’s rising star at the World Athletics Awards.