 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vakashongedzerwa nehunyanzvi hwakasimba hwevaviri uye zvakaoma padivi-ne-padivi matatu kusvetuka, vakahwina menduru yesirivheri pa1985 World Championships muTokyo, vachipotsa vakunda nyika yaitonga panguva iyoyo neOlympic shasha timu, Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev, zvakare anobva kuSoviet Union. Makarov akatyoka ibvi rake pamberi pe 1988 Winter Olympics uye vakakwikwidza pachiitiko nebvi rake mu cast uye mana marwadzo-kuuraya mapfuti. Vakaguma vari vechina mumutambo wacho uye vakakunda menduru yendarira pa 1988 World Championships. Vakakundawo mikombe miviri yokuEurope, muna 1987 na1989. Vakasiya makwikwi muna 1990. 