"Track &amp; Field News" yakaronga Solomin pakati pevanhu gumi vakakurumbira munyika yose pakumhanya makiromita 20 kanomwe pakati pa1977 na1984. Muna Chikunguru 1978 akafamba makiromita makumi maviri muna 1: 23:30 muVilnius, achiputsa rekodhi yenyika isiri yepamutemo yaDaniel Bautista wekuMexico nemasekondi gumi. Mwedzi wakatevera Solomin akawana nzvimbo yechitatu paEuropean Championships
muPrague, shure kwaRoland Wieser naPyotr Pochynchuk; nguva yekukunda yaWieser ye1:23:12 yakaputsa rekodhi nyowani yaSolomin nemasekondi gumi nemasere.