EERO MAENTYRANTA (EE-roh MEAN-tah-rahn-tah), ONE OF FINLAND'S MOST FAMOUS MEDAL WINNERS IN THE 1960'S IN THE SPORT OF CROSS COUNTRY SKIING, WAS ACCUSED OF "BLOOD DOPING" BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF ABOUT 20% MORE RED BLOOD CELLS IN HIS SYSTEM. RESEARCHERS HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED THE GENETIC MUTATION WHICH INCREASES THE RED BLOOD CELLS IN HIS AND MANY OF HIS RELATIVES' BLOOD, AND HAVE COMPLETELY CLEARED HIM. HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH HIM, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MARIA GUERCIN (GU-erh-sin) OF THE FINNISH EMBASSY HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHO INTERPRETS.
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