Olympic Champion: I can barely explain it.Everything went perfectly,

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Olympic Champion: I can barely explain it. Everything went perfectly, from my training to the weather to the race itself. I will never run faster than that world record time; in fact, I’m not sure that anyone ever will.

Coach: Be careful when you say that. Any true champion knows that even the most unbelievable of records will likely be broken someday.

Which of the following can be inferred from the coach’s response?

A.The Olympic champion’s world record will be broken someday.
B.True champions do not make predictions about whether their records will be broken.
C. The Olympic champion is not a true champion.
D. No matter how unbelievable a world record is, it will someday be broken.
E. A champion who does not believe his record could be broken is not a true champion.

pushpitkc · Accepted Answer

Good work  mohit2491 ,  sobby ,  pra1785  and  ankita03

Official explanation by Veritas  
In an Inference question, the correct answer must be true. 
Accordingly, you should hold every answer choice up to that test: if it could be false, then you can eliminated it.

Choice A here is probably true, but not guaranteed: the coach says that even the most unbelievable records will LIKELY be broken, but not that they will all be broken. Note that predictions are very hard to make in Inference questions, as much like your insurance policy they're subject to the "act of god" clause - if a meteor hits the earth and wipes out humankind, then no world records will ever be broken!

Choice B is similarly incorrect: true champions know that records will likely broken, but that doesn't mean that they cannot make predictions about whether their record is one of the few that may never be broken.

Choice C may look tempting, but look back at what the Olympic champion says: "I'm not sure" the record will ever be broken. This stops short of saying "it will not be broken," so you cannot conclusively say that he is not a true champion.

Choice D goes just a bit too far, again because the coach's point is that records will likely be broken, which is a bit short of saying that all will be broken.
 
Choice E is correct , in large part because of the adequately-measured wording "could be broken." Since any true champion knows that a record could be broken, if a champion does not at least think that the record could be broken he then does not fit that definition of a true champion.

mohit2491 · Answer

IMO answer is E. It is the correct contrapositive

True Champion ----> Knows that any record can be broken

Does not know any record can be broken ----> Not True Champion

Can someone provide the OA and OE please. Thanks in advance.

sobby · Answer

Answer choice are very close ..IMO answer is E ...Though not very sure :roll:

At first sight , i can eliminate B easily ... A-- it can't be inferred ---Coach says - likely be broken --kind of speculation , but answer choice say " will be broken " -- kind of certainty .. B---out of scope C---he never says that athlete is a true champion or not ...moreover the athlete never says that his record will not be broken --" he is not sure "--again a uncertainty --can't infer this ... D--Again it is sounding as it is certain that record will break ...coach says that likely to be broken --probably not certain ..--discard this E -- yes , it is like p ->Q , ~Q -> ~P

pra1785 · Answer

I will go with option E.

All the options are pretty close though

ravi546 · Answer

Am I the only one who noticed the use of "his" records in option E and the coach was referring to the records in general. How can  option E  be correct when the coach was talking about records in general and a champion need not have a world 
record to become a champion right?

aniket16c · Answer

If I may help:
The coach says that, if X is a true champion he knows that any record can be broken. This "any" includes all the records, even champion's own records. 
I think this can be cleared using a few SC principles. When the coach says any - it encompasses all the records - from running (his won) the fastest to eating the most hot dogs (some random person he does not know). 
If the coach would have mentioned "any other" - then this includes the records other than his.

Hope I am clear enough!

abhishekmayank · Answer

I don't think that C can be ruled out as the official explanation goes.

Olympic champion : I’m not sure that anyone ever will.
Coach : True champion knows that even the most unbelievable of records will likely be broken someday

In spite of both the statements express the "possibility", still they contradict each other.

Another example :

Statement 1 : I am not sure that Sam will come
Statement 2: Sam will likely be coming.

Both these statements express the possibility of coming of Sam, still they contradict each other. 1st statement expresses the possibility with negative connotation, whereas the 2nd statement with positive connotation.

In that respect, the option C doesn't look blanket wrong.

Crytiocanalyst · Answer

Coach: Be careful when you say that. Any true champion knows that even the most unbelievable of records will likely be broken someday.

Which of the following can be inferred from the coach’s response?

A.The Olympic champion’s world record will be broken someday.
This is a direct statement from the passage therefore out

B.True champions do not make predictions about whether their records will be broken.
There exista a possibility where predictions can be made about the breaking of records therefore out

C. The Olympic champion is not a true champion.
He might have overstated there is a possibility that he rectifies and becomes a true champion

D. No matter how unbelievable a world record is, it will someday be broken.
THis is explicit statement from the passage thereforeout

E. A champion who does not believe his record could be broken is not a true champion.
This is exactly the inference we can make therefore our answer

Therefore IMO E

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