Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1971 ka whakapai ake a Salin i tana rekoata a motu i roto i te 400 m hurdles ki te 49.6 a ko ia te toa a motu i roto i nga huihuinga hurdling e rua. I te 1971 European Championships i Helsinki, i tohu ia mo te whakamutunga i roto i te 400 m hurdles, ka noho i te tuaono i roto i te 50.57; ko ia tonu te Finn whakamutunga ki te tohu mo te whakamutunga o te European Championships i roto i te 400 m hurdles o nga taane tae noa ki te mahi a Oskari Mörö i te 2014. I te tau 1972 i wikitoria a Salin i tana taitara motu tuatoru i te 400 m hurdles me te whakarite i tana rekoata whaiaro me tana rekoata Finnish whakamutunga, 49.5, i Helsinki. I te 1972 Summer Olympics i Munich, i tohu a Salin i a Finland i te 400 m hurdles, tae atu ki (me Stig Lönnqvist, Ossi Karttunen me Markku Kukkoaho) i te whakataetae 400 m hurdles.
4 × 400 m relay; i roto i nga arai i whakakorea ia i te rauna tuatahi, engari ko te kapa relay Finnish i noho i te tuaono i te whakamutunga ka whakaturia te rekoata a motu o 3:01.12.