🔗 Share this article China's Figure Skaters Face Investigation Following Holding Prop Weapon during Competition ISU officials are conducting an investigation following a pair of Chinese figure skaters appeared with what looked like a replica weapon during a grand prix figure skating event. Television video showed the skaters sitting alongside a sizable prop in the form of a missile labeled “DF-61” as they awaited their scores at the “kiss and cry” area during the event. This model is a new China-produced land-based long-range weapon designed for carrying nuclear weapons, that had been displayed at a military parade recently. “The ISU have acknowledged of an unsuitable soft toy seems to have been one of the objects thrown on to the rink by audience members after a routine at the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix Cup of China event,” the organization commented via a release. “The soft toy was then held by the skaters after their performance. The ISU regrets the incident and will look into it more deeply.” The duo placed eighth out of ten teams in the ice dance event, which was won by Madison Chock and Evan Bates from the US.