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Five journalists (numbered 1-5) predicted the outcome of the placements of five atheletes in a competition; the predictions appear in the chart below. No prediction was completely correct, but two journalistscorrectly predicted some placements of exactly two atheletes. The other three journalists were totally wrong. Can you determine the actual outcome of the competition?

  First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place
1. Ryan Josemith Edward Alonso Linus
2. Linus Alonso Ryan Josemith Edward
3. Linus Josemith Edward Alonso Ryan
4. Edward Linus Alonso Ryan Josemith
5. Linus Josemith Edward Ryan Alonso
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