Shavarsh career was not going the way it should be because of the old age. An athlete has a very short career and Shavarsh was proving that. Unlike in his prime where he used to qualify for every competition but now he was struggling to qualify even once. In the year 1976, the Soviet Union National Team noticed the same downfall in him and decided to leave him out of the team. His fame almost ended but something happened and he was the champion again.