Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1972, ka tūtohu tana kaiako a Stanislav Zhuk kia uru atu ia ki te kaitakaro reti reti a Leningrad a Alexander Zaitsev, he pai tana hangarau peke me te ako tere i nga waahanga. I mutu to rātau puoro i te wā o to rātau hōtaka poto i te
1973 World Championships, pea na te kaimahi Czech e mahi ana hei utu mo te tukinga o te Prague Spring. I mohiotia mo te aro nui, ka mutu i a raatau te kaupapa i roto i te puku, ka whiwhi i te tu tu me te mētara koura i te otinga, i mua o Smirnova / Ulanov, i patua ano e raatau i te 1974.