 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1971 Salin akavandudza chinyorwa chake chenyika mumamita 400 nezvipingamupinyi kusvika ku49.6 uye akava shasha yenyika mumitambo miviri yezvipingamupinyi. Pa1971 European Championships muHelsinki akakwanisa kuenda kumagumo mumakwikwi e400 m zvipingamupinyi, achiisa wechitanhatu mu50.57; akaramba ari wekupedzisira Finn kuti akwanise kuenda kumagumo eEuropean Championships mumakwikwi evarume e400 m zvipingamupinyi kusvikira Oskari Mörö azviita muna 2014. Muna 1972 Salin akahwina mukombe wake wechitatu wenyika mumakwikwi emamita mazana mana uye akaisa rekodhi yake yepamusoro uye yekupedzisira yeFinland, 49.5, muHelsinki. Mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1972 muMunich Salin akamirira Finland mumakwikwi emamita mazana mana, uyewo naStig Lönnqvist, Ossi Karttunen naMarkku Kukkoaho mu 4 × 400 m relay; mumatambudziko akange abviswa mumutambo wokutanga, asi boka reFinland relay rakaisa chechitanhatu mumagumo uye rakagadzirisa zvinyorwa zvehurumende zve 3: 01.12. 