 After a long struggle, he was forced to oblige.Nikonorov still hoped to see her at the 1964 Olympics, but could not attend – a month before he broke his toe in a friendly football game.Years later, when the Soviet Union was crumbling and its citizens were finally allowed to leave the country, he travelled to the United States and even found out where Doris lived, but, knowing that she was married, Nikinorov made a heartbreaking decision to let her go.