Individual World Cup: Reigning world champion G.RASHIDOV (RUS) injury defaulted out of his opening-round match against three-time world champion H. ALIYEV (AZE) with a right leg injury. He was carried off the mat then taken out of the arena in a wheelchair.
Reigning world champion G.RASHIDOV (RUS) injury defaulted out of his opening-round match against three-time world champion H. ALIYEV (AZE) with a right leg injury. He was carried off the mat then taken out of the arena in a wheelchair.
We wish Rashidov a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/oSxijTi6Xc
— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) December 17, 2020
Rashidov changed categories for 2020 Olympics
Rashidov decided to compete at 65 kilos for the 2020 Olympic cycle, at Yarygin 2019 in the warm-up he got hand injury, in the first match he faced American folkstyle superstar and NCAA 3-time champion Zain Retherford of Penn State. He won the match by score (4-3), then he faced 2-time world bronze medalist Akhmed Chakaev of Chechnya and lost in very close match. For bronze medal match Rashidov faced Cristian Lopez of Cuba and won the match by score (2-1).
He made his debut at the World Championships 2019 in his newly-adopted weight of class of 65kg, in the first round he beat Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan – in a rematch of the 2017 World Wrestling Championships’ final at 61kg – by score (4-2). In the quarterfinal, he beat his teammate Gadzhimurad Aliev (Haji Mohamad Ali) by score (9-0), in the semifinal he beat his countryman Ismail Muuskaev in a close match (3-2), in the final match he will face Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan.
