 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1971, Nepela akakunda zita rake rechitatu reEurope muZurich, Switzerland uye ipapo akabata zita rake rokutanga reNyika pa 1971 World Championships muLyon, France. Pashure pokuva shasha yeEurope kwenguva yechinagore rakatevedzana muGothenburg Sweden, Nepela akaenda kuSapporo, Japan kunokwikwidza pamitambo yake yeOlympic yechitatu. Achiisa wekutanga mune zvekumanikidzwa zvimiro uye wechina mune yemahara skate, akapedza wekutanga zvachose pamberi peSoviet Union Sergei Chetverukhin uye akahwina menduru yegoridhe kuma1972 Winter Olimpiki, akazova mumwe wevadiki vechirume veOlympic vatambi veOlympic. 