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A superior mastery of athletic techniques in necessary to become an athletic champion. To support this, the author eliminates muscular strength as a differentiating factor between top athletes, and points out the utility of athletic technique.
The conclusion is that “a requirement for an athlete to become a champion is a superior mastery of athletic techniques.”
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This confuses the necessary and sufficient conditions of the conclusion. Just because champions must have superior mastery doesn’t mean a non-champion cannot.
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The author doesn’t address whether superior strength is required to be a champion; it may or may not be. It may be tempting to assume that it is, but the author is focused on superior mastery of techniques.
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This is a good restatement of the conclusion. The author supports this by eliminating muscular strength as a deciding factor and pointing to the utility of athletic technique.
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This isn’t supported by anything else in the argument, so it can’t be the conclusion. (D) is support for the conclusion because it eliminates differences in strength as a factor in who becomes a champion.
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This is premise, explaining the utility of athletic technique. (E) isn’t supported by anything else in the argument, so it can’t be the conclusion.
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