Goal-Directed Acupuncture in Sports—Placebo or Doping?

<table>Performance success of the athlete through his sports’ career. <i>x</i>-axis means the years of sports’ performance in national team, <i>y</i>-axis means the ranking at the international competitions as black stars (World Cup, World Championships, Olympic games).</table>

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Figure 2: Goal-Directed Acupuncture in Sports—Placebo or Doping? 