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Bozigit Islamgereev’s Buzzer-Beating ‘Flying Squirrel’ Lifts Him Into U23 European 86 kg Final

The high-risk somersaulting takedown, popularized by U.S. Olympian Ellis Coleman, returned to the spotlight in Zrenjanin with a decisive four-point throw.

Overview

  • He overturned France’s Rakhim Magamadov 10–8 with a last-second ‘flying squirrel’ at the U23 European Championships in Zrenjanin, Serbia.
  • The sequence saw Islamgereev vault over Magamadov’s head, lock an inverted body grip on landing, and drive him onto his back for the decisive points.
  • He advanced through the bracket by edging Azerbaijan’s Vasif Khudiyev 3–2 in the semifinal.
  • He is set to wrestle Turkey’s Ahmet Yagan in the 86 kg gold-medal match, with no result reported yet in the provided coverage.
  • United World Wrestling’s clip of the move went viral, and Islamgereev described the attempt as instinctive, with the technique’s lineage tied to Ellis Coleman’s famed version.