Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kufanana nomukwanyina wake womuAmerica Janet Lynn, Magnussen akanga akasimba zvikuru mukutamba kwokusununguka kupfuura zviratidzo zvokumanikidzirwa. Mukutanga kwema1970, vose vakanga vachikwikwidzana neAustria skater Trixi Schuba, uyo akabudirira pamitambo uye kazhinji akavaka hutungamiri hukuru hwepakutanga pasi pechirongwa chekugadzirisa chinokoshesa zvikuru unyanzvi ihwohwo. Simba raSchuba muzviverengero rakamubvumira kuti akunde ndarama pa1972 Winter Olympics pasinei nokuisa chechinomwe muchikamu chekusununguka, apo Lynn naMagnussen (vokutanga uye wechipiri mukusununguka kwekusununguka) vakatora bronze nesirivha, maererano. Sezvo vateereri vakawanda vakawana zviverengero zvokumanikidzirwa zvisingafadzi, International Skating Union yakaderedza ukoshi hwazvo ndokuunza purogiramu pfupi mumwaka wa1972-73. Yakasanganiswa nekurega basa kwaSchuba mushure memwaka weOlympic, izvi zvakakurudzira vese Magnussen naLynn kuti varambe vachikwikwidza rimwe gore. Pa
Makwikwi okutanga enyika pasi pechirongwa ichi, muBratislava, Czechoslovakia muna 1973, Magnussen akabudisa purogiramu pfupi yakasimba (iyo yaisanganisira Axel mbiri), apo Lynn akawira kaviri muchikamu ichocho chemakwikwi. Kunyange zvazvo Lynn akadzoka kuzokunda muchikamu chokutamba pachena, zvinetso zvake muchikamu chiduku zvakamutorera zita racho. Mutori wenhau dzemitambo wokuCanada Johnny Esaw, achinetseka kuti kugoverwa kwemashoko nesatellite kwaizoguma Magnussen asati asvika, akabhadhara mutyairi weZamboni kuti ashande nokukurumidza. Mugore rokupedzisira umo menduru dzegoridhe chaidzo dzaipiwa mukutamba kwemifananidzo, Magnussen akawedzera ndarama kuti apedze muunganidzwa wake wemenduru dzeNyika.