Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Taskinen akakunda mamwe mazita eFinland e800 m muna 1975, 1976 uye 1978; kuverenga mazita emukati (imwe yega pa400 m uye 800 m) uye mazita e relay (imwe pa4 × 400 m uye maviri pa4 × 800 m), iye ari 11-nguva yeFinland shasha. Pa1978 European Indoor Championships muMilan akahwina goridhe pamamita 800, mberi kweEast Germany Olaf Beyer;, nguva yake yekukunda ye1:47.36 ichiri iyo rekodhi yeFinland yemukati, kunyangwe Wilson Kirwa naAri Suhonen vakamhanya nekukurumidza panzira dzakakura. Pa
1978 European outdoor championships muPrague Taskinen zvakare akatora chikamu mumamita mazana masere, asi akabviswa mumasemi-fainari.