Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kamar ta American zamani Janet Lynn, Magnussen ya fi karfi a cikin free kankara fiye da wajibi Figures. A farkon shekarun 1970, duka biyun suna gasa da dan wasan Austrian Trixi Schuba, wanda ya yi fice a cikin adadi kuma sau da yawa ya gina babbar jagora a farkon tsarin tsarin da ke darajar waɗannan ƙwarewar. Ƙarfin Schuba a cikin adadi ya ba ta damar lashe zinare a Wasannin Olympics na 1972 duk da sanya ta ta bakwai a cikin sassan wasan motsa jiki, yayin da Lynn da Magnussen (na farko da na biyu a cikin wasan motsa jiki) suka ɗauki tagulla da azurfa, bi da bi. Tun da yawancin masu sauraro sun sami lambobi masu mahimmanci ba su da ban sha'awa, Ƙungiyar Skating ta Duniya ta rage darajar su kuma ta gabatar da gajeren shirin a cikin kakar 1972-73. Haɗe tare da ritayar Schuba bayan lokacin wasannin Olympics, wannan ci gaban ya ƙarfafa duka Magnussen da Lynn don ci gaba da gasa a wata shekara. A gasar zakarun duniya ta farko
a karkashin wannan tsarin, a Bratislava, Czechoslovakia a 1973, Magnussen ya samar da gajeren gajeren shirin (wanda ya hada da Axel biyu), yayin da Lynn ya fadi sau biyu a wannan bangare na gasar. Ko da yake Lynn ya dawo ya lashe kyautar kyauta, matsalolin da ke cikin gajeren lokaci ya kashe ta. Mai watsa shirye-shiryen wasanni na Kanada Johnny Esaw, ya damu da cewa za a gama watsa shirye-shiryen tauraron dan adam kafin Magnussen ya sami 'yanci, ya biya direban Zamboni don yin aiki da sauri. A shekarar karshe da aka ba da lambar yabo ta zinare a wasan motsa jiki, Magnussen ta kara da zinare don kammala tarin lambar yabo ta Duniya.