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Australia at the Oceania Championships: Suva, Fiji winning gold medals in the 200-metre freestyle and 4×200-metre freestyle and a silver in the 200-metre butterfly. In 2005, Lara made her first major Australian team competing at the World Championships: Montreal, Canada and won a silver medal as part of the 4×200-metre freestyle relay (heat swimmer). In 2006, Davenport made a career changing move relocated to Kingscliff and due to a back injury specialized in freestyle events. In 2006, Lara competed at the World Short Course Championships: Shanghai, China resulting in a gold and silver medal in the 4×200-metre and 4×100-metre freestyle relay (heat swimmer). At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Lara gained selection in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay team for the final (Jodie Henry, Stephanie Rice, Lara Davenport and Libby Trickett) after posting the fastest split of the Australian swimmers in the heat. The team came 4th in the final.
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