The image that shows Aussie women swimmers dominating the world

The Australian women's 200m freestyle relay team have regained their title as the best on the planet after smashing the world record in a stunning effort at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Even though top-flight nations like China and the United States were not present, there was no questioning the dominant nature of their swim.

Ariarne Titmus claimed a personal world record in the anchor leg with a lightning-fast split of 1:52.82 seconds, with the overall world record shattered by the quartet of Titmus, Madi Wilson, Mollie O'Callaghan and Kiah Melverton. 

The effort from Titmus meant the team sliced more than a second off the previous world record of 7:40.33 set by China at last year's Tokyo Olympics.  

Amazingly, Australia accomplished the feat while resting record-setting freestyle swimmer Emma McKeon for the relay.

Ariarne Titmus drops the fastest 200 freestyle relay split of all time and Katie Ledecky still sneaks in a little cameo with 5 of the top 8 times