sentences:  In addition to the javelin, Sippala competed in combined events.He won silver in the decathlon at the 1930 Finnish championships, but never reached the international elite in that event.In the non-Olympic pentathlon, however, he won several national titles; at the 1931 Finnish championships he scored 4083 points and defeated Olympic decathlon champion Paavo Yrjölä in a close competition as both exceeded Martti Tolamo's unofficial world record of 4011.