Thus, the Olympic career can be over for Salminen who took Olympic gold in starboat together with Fredrik Lööf in Weymouth 2012 and a sixth place in finn dinghy in Rio five years ago.
The classic finn dinghy disappears from the Olympic program after this year's Olympics and Salminen has been unsure if and how he will continue with the competition sailing.
British victory for the fifth time
Giles Smith became the last Olympic champion in finn dinghy.
This is the fifth time in a row that a Briton has won that class in the Olympics.
It has competed in finn dinghy in the Olympics since 1952, but now the class disappears because the IOC wants to bring in more mixed sailing classes with both ladies and gentlemen in the crew.