🔗 Share this article China's Ice Dancers Under Probe After Displaying Toy Missile during Competition ISU officials have launched a formal inquiry after a pair of Chinese ice dancers appeared holding an object resembling a replica weapon during an international skating competition. Broadcast video captured Ren Junfei and Xing Jianing sitting alongside a large toy shaped like a rocket marked “DF-61” while waiting for their scores at the “kiss and cry” area during the event. This model represents a new China-produced land-based intercontinental ballistic missile designed for transporting atomic warheads, that had been unveiled during a national ceremony recently. “The ISU have acknowledged of an unsuitable soft toy seems to have been one of the objects tossed onto the ice by spectators after a routine during the competition,” the organization commented via a release. The item was subsequently handled by the athletes after their performance. The ISU apologizes for the incident and will investigate further.” The duo finished in eighth place out of ten teams during the ice dancing competition, which was won by the American pair of the United States.