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Arbitrator Issues Two-Year Ban to Olympian Aaron Brooks After DHEA Positive

The arbitrator found his DHEA use unintentional, resulting in a reduced two-year sanction.

Overview

  • The two-year ineligibility is backdated to his provisional suspension on June 13, 2025, with all results from April 21, 2025 forfeited.
  • The case stems from an out-of-competition test that found DHEA, a WADA-prohibited anabolic agent banned at all times.
  • An independent arbitrator ruled his ingestion was not intentional, cutting the sanction from the four years sought by USADA.
  • Hearing records say he began taking a Life Extension DHEA supplement shortly after hospitalization for pneumonia and realized the ban two weeks later.
  • The sanction runs through June 12, 2027, leaving open a return in time to pursue the 2028 U.S. Olympic team.