Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Track &amp; Field News" họpụtara Solomin n'ime 10 kachasị elu n'ụwa na 20 km ugboro asaa n'etiti 1977 na 1984. N'ọnwa Julaị n'afọ 1978, ọ gara kilomita iri abụọ n'ime awa 1:23:30 na Vilnius, na-agbaji ihe ndekọ ụwa na-abụghị nke onye Mexico bụ Daniel Bautista site na sekọnd iri. N'ọnwa na-eso ya, Solomin bịara nke atọ na
European Championships na Prague, n'azụ Roland Wieser na Pyotr Pochynchuk; Oge mmeri nke Wieser nke 1: 23:12 mebiri ihe ndekọ ọhụrụ nke Solomin site na 18 sekọnd.