As records were being challenged in Missouri, the former coach of Leisel Jones, Stephan Widmer, was telling the media in Australia that the queen of breaststroke is set to take an axe to her own standards in the lead-up to Beijing.

Widmer predicted that two seconds could come off her 2:20.54 200m world record, and there was room for improvement on the 1:05.09 world record over 100m.

Jones gave no figures but earlier in the week let it be known that she had better times in mind.