Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Taskinen ya ci gaba da lashe taken Finnish 800 m a 1975, 1976 da 1978; kirga taken cikin gida (ɗaya a kowane 400 m da 800 m) da taken relay (ɗaya a 4 × 400 m da biyu a 4 × 800 m), ya zama zakaran Finnish sau 11. A Gasar Zakarun Turai ta Indoor ta 1978 a Milan ya lashe zinare a tseren mita 800, a gaban Olaf Beyer na Gabashin Jamus;, lokacinsa na nasara na 1:47.36 har yanzu ya kasance rikodin Finnish na cikin gida, kodayake Wilson Kirwa da Ari Suhonen sun fi sauri a kan waƙoƙi masu girma. A cikin
A gasar zakarun Turai ta waje ta 1978 a Prague Taskinen ya sake shiga cikin mita 800, amma an fitar da shi a wasan kusa da na karshe.