Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọlaedo mbụ Hoffmann nwetara na ISU Championship bụ na 1974 European Championship na Zagreb, ebe o meriri Sergey Volkov nke Soviet Union na John Curry nke United Kingdom. Na
Na 1974 World Championships na Munich, ọ nọrọ na mbụ na ọnụ ọgụgụ, nke abụọ na obere mmemme, na nke ise na skate n'efu. Ebe ọ bụ na o nwere nkà n'ihe banyere nkà na ụzụ, o mere ka Lutz jiri ụkwụ atọ wụpụ n'elu ikiri ụkwụ, nke bụ́ ihe kasị sie ike e mere n'oge ahụ. N'ịgafe Volkov na Toller Cranston nke Canada, o guzoro n'elu ikpo okwu ụwa na nke mbụ ya. Ka oge na-aga n'afọ ahụ, o merụrụ ahụ́ n'ikpere mgbe ọ na-agba trampolin. A wara ya ahụ na meniscus ya ma mechaa hapụ oge 1974/75.