Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Taskinen gba awọn akọle 800 m Finnish siwaju ni ọdun 1975, 1976 ati 1978; kika awọn akọle inu ile (ọkan kọọkan ni 400 m ati 800 m) ati awọn akọle relay (ọkan ni 4 × 400 m ati meji ni 4 × 800 m), o jẹ aṣaju Finnish 11 akoko. Ni 1978 European Indoor Championships ni Milan o gba goolu ni 800 mita, niwaju Olaf Beyer ti East Germany;, akoko rẹ ti o ṣẹgun ti 1:47.36 tun jẹ igbasilẹ inu ile Finnish, botilẹjẹpe Wilson Kirwa ati Ari Suhonen ti ṣiṣe yiyara lori awọn ọna ti o tobi ju. Níbi tí
1978 European outdoor championships in Prague Taskinen tun kopa ninu 800 mita, ṣugbọn o ti yọkuro ni awọn ipari ipari.