 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika 1963, Rodnina akanga atanga kukambaira pamwe chete nomukwanyina wake wokutanga Oleg Vlasov, aidzidziswa naSonia naMilan Valun. Muna 1964, mudzidzisi wake akava Stanislav Zhuk, uyo akamubatanidza naAlexei Ulanov. Vakakunda mikombe yenyika neEurope ina dzakatevedzana. RodninaUlanov vakakunda zita ravo rokutanga reNyika muna 1969, mberi kwaTamara MoskvinaAlexei Mishin. Vakakunda mazita avo maviri anotevera eNyika, 1970uye 1971, pamberi pevakundi vendarira Lyudmila SmirnovaAndrei Suraikin. Zvisinei, Ulanov akadanana naSmirnova, uye pamberi peOlympics ya1972, vaviri vacho vakaita chisarudzo chokutamba pamwe chete mwaka wakatevera. RodninaUlanov vakapfuurira kukwikwidza paOlympics ya1972 uko vakabata ndarama. Ipapo vakagadzirira makwikwi avo okupedzisira pamwe chete, World Championships ya1972. Pavakanga vachirovedza pamwe chete zuva rimwe chete makwikwi asati atanga, vaviri vacho vakaita tsaona pavanenge vari mudenga uye Rodnina akapedzisira ava muchipatara aine bundu muuropi uye nebundu remukati mechipfuva. Pasinei netsaona yacho, vakanga vachiratidzira zvakasimba mupurogiramu pfupi, vachigamuchira mamwe 6.0s. Muchirongwa chakareba, Rodnina akaneta uye akavhiringidzika asi kwakanga kwakakwana nokuda kwokutanga kwavo kwenyika yechina. Ulanov akaenderera mberi nebasa rake naSmirnova, nepo Rodnina akafunga nezvekurega basa. 