Vice President JD Vance dropped the College Football Playoff national championship trophy during an event on the White House South Lawn on Monday.
As the ceremony honoring the champion Ohio State Buckeyes came to an end, Mr. Vance — a former senator from Ohio who graduated from Ohio State — tried to lift the trophy, which was on a table onstage.
TreVeyon Henderson, a Buckeyes running back, stepped in to help, grabbing the top of the trophy as Mr. Vance lifted the base. As the men hoisted it off the table, the trophy split in two and Mr. Vance dropped the base, which fell to the ground.
The trophy consists of separate components — a 12-inch bronze base, and a 26-and-a-half-inch trophy made from 24-karat gold, bronze, and stainless steel.
After the base fell, some in the crowd gasped, while others laughed or clapped. Mr. Vance joked about the incident on social media.
It was hardly the first championship trophy calamity.
In 2006, the top of the U.S. Open tennis trophy popped off when the winner won it.
In 2011, a soccer club Real Madrid player dropped the trophy from the upper level of an open double-decker bus, which ran over the cup and smashed it into pieces.
Two years ago, a racing trophy was sent tumbling to the ground when a British driver slammed a bottle of sparkling wine on a table onstage.
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