Polish sprinting star and Instagram sensation Ewa Swoboda salutes the camera before bizarrely apologising and changing her gesture - and Olympics fans think they know why

Poland sprinting star Ewa Swoboda perplexed fans pinch her guidance to nan camera aft progressing done nan first information of nan women's 100m successful Paris. 

The 27-year-old yet grounded to make nan last aft coming 4th behind Melissa Jefferson, Marie-Josee Ta Lou and Mujinga Kambundji successful nan semis. 

But up of that disappointment connected Saturday, Swoboda was successful precocious spirits aft navigating nan first shape and she saluted successful nan guidance of nan tv cameras pinch her correct manus arsenic it turned to her for her reaction. 

However, nan world indoor metallic medallist quickly corrected herself, wagged her digit pinch a flimsy shingle of nan caput and repeated nan motion but pinch her near hand. 

The series confused respective onlookers connected societal media, though, it appears her move was successful an effort to region herself from a motion that is often associated pinch nan military. 

'Military salute is pinch nan correct hand. So, she switches to her near to opportunity hello.' Wrote 1 personification connected X. 

Another personification connected nan level agreed, stating: 'Saluting to nan correct is for military. She caught her correction and past saluted from nan left.'

Swoboda is an eight-time Polish champion successful nan 100m and a regular astatine nan second stages of elite world races.

But her sub par capacity successful nan Stade de France meant that she was forced to watch from nan sidelines as Julien Alfred of St Lucia secured nan nation's first ever Olympic badge erstwhile she won golden successful nan last connected Saturday night. 

The 23-year-old upset world champion Sha'Carri Richardson and clocked successful a clip of 10.72 successful nan rainfall successful Paris. 

Richardson took nan silver, while chap American Melissa Jefferson vanished third, taking bronze pinch a clip of 10.92.

Swoboda, an Instagram sensation who was 1 of 9 female athletes honoured by Mattel pinch nan creation of a Barbie doll, is group to compete for her federation successful nan 4x100m relay later this week.