Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te Paenga-whawha 1972, ko tana kaiwhakaako a Stanislav Zhuk i whakaaro kia uru atu ia ki te kaitakaro reti reti a Leningrad a Alexander Zaitsev, he pai te 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.