🔗 Share this article Chinese Figure Skaters Face Investigation After Displaying Toy Missile at Competition The International Skating Union have launched an investigation after two Chinese figure skaters were seen holding an object resembling a toy ballistic missile during an international skating competition. Television video showed the skaters sitting alongside a large toy shaped like a missile labeled “DF-61” as they awaited their scores at the “kiss and cry” zone during the event. The DF-61 is a new Chinese-made land-based long-range weapon capable of transporting atomic warheads, that had been displayed during a national ceremony recently. Officials have acknowledged of an unsuitable plush item appears to have been one of the objects thrown on to the rink by audience members after a performance at the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix Cup of China event,” the organization commented via a release. “The soft toy was subsequently held by the athletes who had just performed. We regrets the incident and will look into it more deeply.” The duo placed in eighth place out of ten teams in the ice dance event, with the victory going to the American pair of the United States.