Awesome. Also, ouch.

The Chinese acrobatic team wowed and horrified the crowd at the Rio Olympic gymnastics gala on Wednesday when it busted out an impressive move. Essentially, the team used one of its members as a human jump rope.

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After jumping the poor dude a few times, the gymnasts finally released their teammate by throwing him into the air in a death tumble.

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We'd usually show you a sweet GIF, but the IOC won't allow it.

Don't worry, they caught him.