Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 1971 Salin ya inganta rikodin sa na kasa a tseren mita 400 zuwa 49.6 kuma ya zama zakaran kasa a duka abubuwan da suka faru. A Gasar Zakarun Turai ta 1971 a Helsinki ya cancanci zuwa wasan karshe a tseren mita 400, inda ya kasance na shida a cikin 50.57; ya kasance Finn na karshe da ya cancanci zuwa wasan karshe na Gasar Zakarun Turai a tseren mita 400 na maza har sai Oskari Mörö ya yi hakan a shekarar 2014. A shekara ta 1972 Salin ya lashe lambar yabo ta uku a jere a gasar tseren mita 400 kuma ya kafa mafi kyawunsa da na karshe na Finnish, 49.5, a Helsinki. A Wasannin Olympics na 1972 a Munich Salin ya wakilci Finland a tseren mita 400, da kuma (tare da Stig Lönnqvist, Ossi Karttunen da Markku Kukkoaho) a tseren mita 4 × 400
; a cikin shinge an cire shi a zagaye na farko, amma ƙungiyar relay ta Finland ta zama ta shida a wasan karshe kuma ta kafa rikodin ƙasa na 3:01.12.