{"id":393,"date":"2016-05-24T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/the-diamond-trophy-a-closer-look\/"},"modified":"2016-05-24T09:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T09:38:00","slug":"the-diamond-trophy-a-closer-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/the-diamond-trophy-a-closer-look\/","title":{"rendered":"The Diamond Trophy: A closer look"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Origin<\/h3>\n<p>The Diamond Trophy was designed by Carlo Mutschler of the Swiss jeweller Beyer Chronometrie AG. All the trophies are manually crafted every year in the atelier, which has a 250 year history of producing trophies, watches and jewellery. It would take 100 days for one person to manufacture the trophies alone, so intricate is the design. <\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how the 4.9kg trophy is manufactured, check out our video.<\/p>\n<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 560\/315\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FMd_Mc3pzKrY&#038;video_width=560&#038;video_height=315)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Md_Mc3pzKrY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> <\/p>\n<h3>Symbolism<\/h3>\n<p>The Diamond Trophy consists of three distinct elements, each highlighting a facet of athletics, and the athlete&#8217;s journey to the top of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The base of solid, black granite represents the athletes&#8217; strength but also the rocky road to success.<\/p>\n<p>The main body sports three ovals in the shape of a stadium athletics track, each one filled with an original track surface produced by the Swiss company Conica. It represents the athletes&#8217; speed as well as the unique atmosphere within a stadium. It also provides a good handle for the winners to hold the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>At the crown of the trophy is the pi\u00e8ce de resistance: the diamond itself. Cut from glass to shine like a true diamond, it represents the triumphant athlete: a shining beacon of brilliant performance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<link http:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/news\/single-news\/news\/detail\/News\/diamond-trophy-tour-2016\/ - external-link-new-window \"Opens external link in new window\">FOLLOW THE DIAMOND TROPHY TOUR HERE<\/link>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>Don&#8217;t miss a beat of the 2016 <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondTrophyTour?src=hash>#DiamondTrophyTour<\/link> <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondTrophy?src=hash>#DiamondTrophy<\/link> <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondLeague?src=hash>#DiamondLeague<\/link> <link https:\/\/t.co\/AXXM8DaiiL>https:\/\/t.co\/AXXM8DaiiL<\/link> <link https:\/\/t.co\/tE4CBocAKI>pic.twitter.com\/tE4CBocAKI<\/link>\n<p>\u2014 IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/733592116501221376>May 20, 2016<\/link><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Diamond Trophy embarking on a tour of the world this season, it&#8217;s time to take a...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,6,8,7],"city":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-beyer-atelier","tag-diamond-league","tag-diamond-race","tag-diamond-trophy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}