At the start of the 2015 track and field season, “Superman” Leevan Sands said that one of his major goals for the year was returning to the Pan Am Games, mainly because it was one of the few competitions that he hadn’t medaled in over the course of his decorated athletics career. Well, that’s no longer the case.

Yesterday, in the men’s triple jump at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Sands captured a silver medal with a season’s best leap of 16.99 meters (m) (55’ 8”), which subsequently qualified him for the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China as well. The qualifying mark for the Beijing World Championships is 16.9m (55’ 5”).

After making an unlikely comeback from a torn patella tendon in his right knee at the 2012 summer Olympics in London, Sands is well on his way to making an Olympic return in 2016, following his first full season in the men’s triple jump since that unfortunate injury. He sat out all of the 2013 season, and was limited to just long jump in 2014.

Pedro Pichardo of Cuba won the men’s triple jump with a leap of 17.54m (57’ 6”), while his teammate Ernest Reve rounded out the top three with his jump of 16.94m (55’ 6”).

Latario Collie-Minns, who has been the top Bahamian triple jumper this season, finished 10th with a leap of 16.08m (52’ 9”).

Before he takes to the track in Beijing, Sands is expected to compete in the second NACAC Senior Championships, set for August 7-9, at the Costa Rican National Stadium, in San Jose, Costa Rica.The 15th IAAF World Championships is set for August 22-30, at Beijing’s National Stadium, otherwise known as the Bird’s Nest in China. Prior to his leap in Toronto, Sands had a season’s best of 16.80m (55’ 1-1/2”).

On the track, the men’s 4x400m relay team managed to advance to the final round of competition, after winning their semi-final heat in a time of 3:01.00, which was also the fastest time of the qualifying round.

The quartet of Latoy Williams, Michael Mathieu, Andretti Bain and Alonzo Russell came in as heavy favorites ahead of yesterday’s semi-final and are expected to be among the top contenders in today’s final, which kicks off at 10:10 p.m. local time.

The women’s 4x400m relay team also managed to qualify for today’s final after finishing second in their semifinal race with a season’s best time of 3:31.18.

Their final is set to begin today at 9:45 p.m. local time.