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Evidently Trofimov accepted a job with the Russian national team. The article posted today on the Спорт-Экспресс (Sport-Express) website says:

http://news.sport-express.ru/online/ntext/10/nl108450.html

Isinbayeva will continue preparation for the season without her trainer

World and Olympic champion, and 18-time world recordholder in the pole vault, Yelena Isinbayeva, will continue preparation for the season without her trainer, Yevgeny Trofimov. She now carries out collection in Monaco, where she will stay until 17 November, and then in the course of the month will be trained in Italy. Isinbayeva will continue further preparation in Donetsk for the March world championship in Moscow - in the sports club of Sergey Bubka. Whereas Trofimov is completely engaged in work with the national team. He received the offer to head the women's polevaulting team of Russia as the senior trainer.

"The question about my designation was agreed with the chief trainer of team Russia, Valerie Kulichenko and by the President of the federation of the track and field sports of Russia Valentin Balakhnichevym," said Yevgeny Trofimov to the correspondent of "Sport-Express" Aleksandr MELNIKOV. - "I remained to observe some formalities, and starting from 1 January I will begin the responsibilities in the new capacity and at the higher level for myself."

Disclaimer: The text above was initially generated by automated translation software and then cleaned up by me. However, I'm not yet a fluent Russian speaker or reader, so I may have introduced some inaccuracies, although I'm pretty sure the gist remains intact.

Wow! That is big news.

If she is going to go train in Italy, she must be going to work with Petrov.

Do you think Petrov will work with her?

Petrov is awesome, and he wants to see all athletes be successful. Of course he will help her.

http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/301/2005/11 ... @31413.htm

Athletics: Isinbayeva Dumps Coach

2005-11-18 08:24:54 CRIENGLISH.com

Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva has split with her coach of eight years Yevgeny Trofimov, Russia's athletics chief Valery Kulichenko said on Thursday.

According to Valery Kulichenko, Isinbayeva will be trained at the Sergei Bubka club in Donetsk.

Isinbayeva's decision to part from Trofimov came as a shock after her success in the last two years.

The 23-year-old Russian has been almost unbeatable since 2003, winning every major competition, including last year's Olympics in Athens and this year's world championships in Helsinki, and setting 18 world records in the process.

In July, she became the first woman pole vaulter to break the five-metre barrier at the London Grand Prix, then bettered that mark, soaring 5.01 to win the world title the following month.

In September, she was voted the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) female athlete of the year for the second year in a row.

Isinbayeva, who had been coached by Trofimov since he discovered her at the age of 15 in Volgograd, will now head for Donetsk in Ukraine, Bubka's home town, for training.

Isinbayeva has said repeatedly that the 41-year-old Ukrainian, regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time, has been her role model since she took up the sport.

She said this year that she would love to better Bubka's tally of 35 world records.

A source close to the Russian athletics federation said money was the main reason for coach and athlete to part. "He wasn't happy with what he was getting from her for all the records she had set," the source said.

Isinbayeva has been paid a $100,000 bonus for every world record she sets.

Trofimov, however, denied that money was the reason and he was felt disappointed and betrayed by Isinbayeva's decision.

"It was purely her decision. It was a total surprise for me," he was quoted as saying by Russian daily Sovietsky Sport.

"Usually the athlete and the coach part company for two reasons, one is money and the other results. In our case neither one is true -- I was taking a minimal percentage from her bonuses and her results speak for themselves.

"I'd lie to you if I said I wasn't bitter. I don't know why she did it. Maybe living in Monte Carlo is much more comfortable from her point of view and there were people who tried to persuade her to make such a move," he added.

"But I'm sure she'll continue to break records at least for the next few years. I've made all the work and put in so much into her that even if she is coached by a locksmith or a plumber she would still vault higher than anyone else in the world."

Looks like she fired her manager too ...

http://www.sovsport.ru/news/default.asp?id=205397
Ex-manager of Isinbayeva: "I feel sorry, that Lena fired her trainer"

Olympic champion of the polevaultings, Yelena Isinbayeva recently forewent the services of her trainer, Yevgeny Trofimov, with whom she obtained 18 world records. After Isinbayeva forewent the work with Trofimov, in turn Isinbayeva refused her manager Pavel Voronkov. The latter described in the interview for "Gazete" about the fact that involved the break between the trainer and sportswoman. We now present the most interesting excerpts from this material.

- For you was it an unexpected contingency, information about the fact that Yelena did part with her trainer?

- According to the large calculation, no. This it occurred on 1 November. Lena declared about her decision to her trainer and publicist ten days ago. We to the last moment considered that she will change her mind, it will be explained, but post factum we learned that she left to Monaco.

- Why were you dismissed from your services?

- The guarantee of our collaboration was the equilateral triangle: athlete - trainer - manager. At its apex there was the trainer, whom suddenly he was no longer. All the more, how I understood, Lena for a long time left Russia, not there was sense to construct illusions. And I said to her so that she would seek out the new manager. According to my information, Isinbayeva's new manager will be Daniel Vessen, who also manages the affairs of the Swede, Kajsa Bergkvist. Lena changed everything: trainer, manager, the place of residence. Accurately I know: it it will be very difficult.

- How was this caused?

- It is complicated to say. Better you will ask Lena. Still in summer in them with Trofimov began conflicts. To me it is complicated to judge, for what reasons.

- However there was, but Isinbayeva - sufficiently advantageous client.

- Although I am a manager, money solve not all. There are the things, connected with the decency, by honesty. Champions will be sufficient to my century - I supervise many well-known Russian athletes.

- There were ways for the search for agreement not?

- They were not desirable to search for, because Lena recently herself assumed many decisions and she was too independent. And it would not be desirable to occupy a subordinate position. She was not advised by me, when she forewent Trofimov's services. This is her decision.

- What will be the impact?

- It is enormous. This is only person in the world, which attained such, and, in my opinion, the guarantee of further successes could be only her.

- Still earlier Lena introduced new partner into its matters - advertising agency "Podium".

- I always considered that the specialists must be occupied by each matter. If I know as to negotiate with the organizers of competitions how to ensure the participation of athlete in one or other tournament or another, which of them will be advantageous and in the financial, and in the sport sense, then I am ready to answer for this. But let others answer for the advertising matters. And therefore she considered that the attraction of agency only for the benefit. I contacted with one of their managers - Andreas Mettsler. He has a good reputation, which he deserved in the work with the Swedish athletes.

- Fantastic contract in million Euro-, proposed by Roman Abramovich, will be concluded?

- Thus far we conducted joint operation, it was studied. How this will end, I do not know.

- You do feel sorry, that thus did happen?

- I feel sorry, that Lena fired her trainer. She will be able to manage without me, and here Vasilyevich it will be difficult without Yevgeny.

Another article in KP Volograd (http://www.volgograd.kp.ru/2005/11/18/doc91075/) mostly just rehashes what the others have said. But a couple of things at the bottom are interesting:

But for the Volgograd worshippers of our hopper it is not worthwhile to despair. As they certified to us in Sportkomitet - Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, Lena will continue to represent our region in the competitions and the tournaments at all levels. Only less frequently she will appear in native Volgograd...

By the way

Official version of a stay by Isinbayeva in Monaco - training collections. But in the sport get-together they indicate that the queen of the pole spends the large part of her time, seeking out suitable real estate. The possession of property in this country gives the right to obtain residence permit. But this, in turn, it will free the sportswoman from the payment of taxes.

hmm...... weird

I think if she were to move to Italy and train with Petrov she would do fine. If she goes back to Russia or Monaco and gets caught up in her own hype... she's not going to come close to reaching her potential.

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=32626.html

Isinbayeva changes coaching set-up as she seeks new sporting targets
Friday 18 November 2005
As announced by the Russian Athletics Federation, Yelena Isinbayeva, the World Athlete of the Year for a second consecutive occasion, seeking renewed motivation and inspiration to pursue new goals and challenges, has announced that she is changing her coach.

The World and Olympic champion, and the World and European Indoor gold medallist in the Pole Vault, and the IAAF World Ranked Nr. 1 both for that Event and Overall, Isinbayeva made history last July when she became the first woman to successfully clear 5 metres, a World record height which she increased by one centimetre the following month when winning the World title.




Yelena Isinbayeva on her way down from her 5m World record vault
(Getty Images)

The Russian star who has been guided to numerous competition highs by her career long coach, Yevgeni Trofimov, has now appointed Vitaly Petrov as her new consultant.

“In some ways, successfully achieving 5 metres in competition has made this difficult decision easier. That height was a goal that Yevgeni and I had worked so hard to achieve, and now that we have succeeded, it feels natural to look for new targets and new motivation to achieve the next stage in my development,â€Â

Petrov didn't want to coach her at first, because he's a good friend with Trofimov, but she insisted so they're working together in Formia right now. They'll see how it goes and decide at the end of december.

Source: phone talk with Petrov