 Kọ ọrọ tó wà nísàlẹ yìí parí: Nígbà tí Sanaya wà lọmọ ọdún mẹtàlá, ó ṣojú fún Soviet Union ní : 1972 European Championships ni Gothenburg, nibi ti o ti wa ni ipo 23rd, ati ni 1972 Winter Olympics ni Sapporo, nibi ti o ti wa ni ipo 18th. Ni akoko ti o tẹle, o pari 11th ni 1973 European Championships ni Cologne ati 16th ni 1973 World Championships ni Bratislava. Lara awọn olukọ rẹ ni Nina Zhuk, Sergei Chetverukhin, ati Aleksandr Gorelik. 