ry ab in . ▁In ▁semif inals , ▁he ▁faced ▁Re cep ▁Top al ▁of ▁Turkey ▁and ▁beat ▁him ▁by ▁the ▁score , ▁ 4 - 0 . ▁In ▁the ▁gold ▁medal ▁match , ▁he ▁beat ▁Be ka ▁L om t ad ze ▁of ▁Georgia ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁second ▁European ▁title ▁in ▁his ▁career . ▁▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁World ▁Wrestling ▁Championships ▁ ▁R ash id ov ▁made ▁Russia ▁World ▁Team ▁Member ▁and ▁competed ▁at ▁the ▁World ▁Wrestling ▁Championships ▁in ▁Budapest , ▁Hung ary . ▁His ▁first ▁oppon ent ▁in ▁men ' s ▁fre est yle ▁at ▁ 6 1 ▁kil os ▁was ▁T ü men b ile gi in ▁T ü v sh int ul ga ▁of ▁Mong olia ▁where ▁R ash id ov ▁won ▁in ▁close ▁match ▁by ▁score ▁ 2 - 1 . ▁In ▁the ▁quarter final s , ▁R ash id ov ▁faced ▁Indian ▁national ▁champion ▁Son ba ▁Tan aj i ▁G ong ane , ▁the ▁wrest ling ▁match ▁finished ▁by ▁technical ▁superior ity ▁by ▁R ash id ov ▁( 1 2 - 0 ). ▁In ▁the ▁semif inals , ▁R ash did ov ▁faced ▁ ▁Be ka ▁L om t ad ze ▁and ▁beat ▁him ▁by ▁technical ▁superior ity ▁( 1 0 - 0 ). ▁In ▁the ▁gold ▁medal ▁match ▁he ▁lost ▁in ▁close ▁match ▁to ▁by ▁ 6 - 5 ▁to ▁Y ow ly s ▁B onne ▁of ▁Cuba . ▁ ▁Ivan ▁Y ary gin ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁and ▁new ▁weight ▁class ▁R ash