Gymnasts continued to be excellent at high fives this week

Showing a 10 for 10 hit rate on larynxes

And joining a long and storied history of celebratory full face punches

Very long

Very storied

Spawning spinoffs like the Eye Claw

The Elbow Knockout

And the highly risky Full Coach Demolition

The coordination is difficult to master

And timing is everything

Resulting in many falls along the way

Even on championship teams

Some balk

Or decline

Linked by historians to ancestral trauma from the Martha head tap

You do at least have to pretend it was an accident though

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