Correct Option (2)
Statements 1 and 2 are correct.
- Statement 1: Athlete A completed the 30 km race in the least amount of time. The graph indicates that A's trajectory reaches the 30 km distance mark at the earliest point on the time axis, signifying the fastest completion.
- Statement 2: Up to approximately the 25 km mark, the distance covered by athlete B at any given time was greater than that covered by athlete A. This implies B maintained a lead over A until that point.
Incorrect Options:
Statement 3 is incorrect.
- Statement 3: Athlete C's distance-time graph exhibits the steepest slope at the initial phase of the race. A steeper slope on a distance-time graph signifies a higher speed. Therefore, C commenced the race at a relatively high speed, not slowly.