Emily Brown
Tons of internet users seem to have found a new love for sailing after spotting some interesting techniques being used by the athletes.
The Olympic Games have a way of drawing you in to sports you'd never usually think twice about.
Diving? How do they get into the water without making a splash?!
Hurdles? Leap, you gracious gazelles. As for sailing, well there's apparently one reason in particular that it's caught people's eyes.
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Twitter users flocked to share their thoughts on the sport after one video, seemingly taken at this year's Games, was shared which showed a sailor representing Spain leaning back off the boat and holding on to one of the ropes on the sail as it soared through the water.
Other sailors behind the man could be seen doing the same thing, but he was the only one in the clip who adopted a particularly... rhythmic approach to the sport.
As he helped to control the vessel, the man thrust his hips up and down in a motion that certainly wouldn't be out of place in an adult movie.
Alongside the clip, a caption read: "Olympic sailing is the gift that keeps on giving."
One Twitter user joked the man was at risk of getting 'the wind' pregnant with his moves, while another confident soul responded: "If that’s the technique I can win this category."
Though the sailor in that particular clip was the only one throwing his hips into the air, another viewer made clear it wasn't a technique unique to him.
Another Twitter user shared a video which showed a sailor representing Great Britain in a previous Olympic Games showing off their own hip thrusts, seemingly bouncing off the water as they flew across its surface.
The question of exactly why the sailors were apparently so determined to thrust their hips was answered by a Reddit user, who described themselves as a 'somewhat competent sailor' on the platform.
In their response, they claimed the 'pumping' action was intended to 'create more wind in the sail'.
They continued: "In this case they're sailing in plenty of breeze so pumping like this gives them a small speed boost while sailing up into the wind like this.
"Where pumping is more pronounced is when they're sailing off the wind where they are pumping the sails to again fill them with wind, but also to try and get on top of waves to surf them to further increase their boat speed."
So that's apparently the technical reason for the action - but it still doesn't stop it from looking dirty.