Patrick Chan's split with Christy Krall, the coach who has been credited with getting him to a consistent (and oftentimes glorious) quadruple jump, seems a big deal to me. Some publications have been looking into it.

The official word is that Krall resigned. Krall told the Canadian Press that she had gradually been moved out of the coaching role as choreography Kathy Johnson moved more into it. Here's what Krall said:

But Krall said her role had diminished while Chan's other coach Kathy Johnson, a modern dance teacher who studied dance at Juilliard but also works with skaters, had assumed a larger role.

"It's all good, it works, it's successful," Krall said. "But I was stepping out of the coaching role I was in and becoming an instructor, and I personally wanted to do more than that.

"Things were switching inside the dynamics of my partnership with Patrick."

Krall has coached Chan in Colorado since he split with Don Laws just weeks before his fifth-place finish at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Chan is going to continue working with Johnson in Colorado and will be making more trips to Toronto, his home. The article also notes that Chan had been dealing with a lack of motivation and frustration this season and even wanted to quit. (I am confused. It's not like he won the Olympics or something. OY).

Anyway. So now Chan is mainly with Johnson and I guess wants to continue to focus on the artistic side of the skating, and in that case, the ISU will have to raise the possible scoring totals for program components because he already gets such high marks in all the artistic areas as it is.

Examiner writes a love letter to the Johnson/Chan relationship. It doesn't actually interview anyone but gushes about the connection between Chan and Johnson. So lucky for Chan, the lovefest will continue.

Chan just recently came in second in the men's portion of the World Team Trophy.

Japan has lengthened its lead at the World Team Trophy and is now at 59 points to the United States' 51. Team France is in third with 44 points.

Japan is buoyed by not only it's typically strong singles skating, but also its newly strong pairs skating with world bronze medalists Takahashi and Tran, who lead the pairs event after the short program.

And in the men's event, Daisuke Takahashi handed Patrick Chan his first loss since November 2010. And Chan only had one fall. Continuing their skid in international competition, Adam Rippon and Jeremy Abbott finished sixth and seventh, respectively.

Full results here. The competition concludes tomorrow with the ladies and pairs free skates.

Daisuke Takahashi earned a world-record score in the short program at the World Team Trophy today (94.00). The prior record was 93.02, set by Patrick Chan at last year's Moscow world championships. It sounds like the judges were generous for the Japanese world silver medalist, who admitted he was imperfect in his step sequence. Takahashi and Patrick Chan both landed quads, though Chan fell on another jump.

When it counts the least, Japan's Daisuke Takahashi won the short program today at the World Team Trophy, more than four points ahead of Canada's Patrick Chan Jeremy Abbott finished third. Japan was first overall; though they had the same point total as the US, the tiebreaker is the scores in individual disciplines. For whatever reason they decided to do that.

World Champion Carolina Kostner won the short program over Japan's Akiko Suzuki. America's Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner are in fourth and fifth place, respectively. And Meryl Davis and Charlie White beat out world champs Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir in the short dance.

Full results here.

Two-time world champion Patrick Chan may have just defended his world title, but that doesn't mean everything is peachy keen. He is leaving coach Christy Krall, according to the Washington Post.

The article reports that Chan will continue to work with Kathy Johnson, who was part of his coaching team in Colorado Springs.

No word as to what brought on the split, but I'm sure someone will write something about it soon.

The title says it all on this one. Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig have announced that they are ending their skating partnership after ten years together. Evora is retiring but Ladwig hopes to continue skating.

Evora and Ladwig have medaled in the last four national championships. My personal favorite part of their career were their lovely performances at the Vancouver Olympics, where they placed tenth. They missed making the world team this season when they came in third.

Evora and Ladwig also had some of the best lifts in the world. I hope Ladwig can continue that with his next partner.

Major changes going on with Mirai Nagasu. She has left coach Frank Carroll and will be working with Wendy Olson. Olson had collaborated with Carroll in the past but he is no longer a coach for Nagasu, according to Chicago Tribune.

Carroll had moved to a rink closer to Palm Springs and it created a much longer commute for Nagasu.

Carroll, who had been Nagasu's coach since May, 2009, feels the commute was a big part of the problem.

"There was no problem between us as people," he said. "The two-hour drive each way was too much. She was exhausted by the time she got here."

Her new training rink, Pickwick, is about a 30-minute drive from her home.

"I hope this is the answer for Mirai," Carroll said. "What we all want is what is best for this kid."

Nagasu has gotten a lot of comments on her work ethic or speculation about her happiness in skating. In the Tribune article, her agent says she loves skating and wants to continue. She also says that Nagasu is taking art classes to get her mind off of the sport.

I love Nagasu as a skater. I hate all the backstage stuff and the fact that she hasn't been able to skate up to her potential. I hope this move will help her get back in the game. She was a nonentity this season, finishing seventh.

Michal Brezina, of the Czech Republic, will be working with Viktor Petrenko starting with next skating season, according to Ria Novosti. Brezina placed fourth at the world championships in 2010 and 2011 and then slipped to sixth place this season after being in second after the short program.

Petrenko is the 1992 Olympic gold medalist and recently coached former US champ Johnny Weir.