ZANE RICHARDS Opponents Set for Pan Am Olympic Qualifier

We have some information about entries for the Pan Am Games Olympic Qualifier, and that gives us a great reason to do another graphic (above) of Zane's March to Gold. 

The Cuban entered at 57kg, Osmany Diversent, is the guy who lost in the semifinals to the Colombian at the Pan Am Games.

Zane then beat the Colombian in the Finals by tech fall. 

This gives Zane some folks to actually target. There's the caveat, though, that Yianni is listed as the American entrant at 65 kg, and that is still an unsettled question, right? There's supposed to be a challenge tournament between him and Nick Lee, and that hasn't happened yet and won't happen until March 3rd. 

So, it seems that this may be similar to the "probable lineups" that the coaches put out before college duals. Yet, the official rules provide that the "Deadline for Final Entries" is January 25. Hmmm. Maybe that's just a deadline to enter your country? 

NOTE: I was told that the deadline for final, final entries is three hours before the draw. I'm awaiting actual confirmation of that assertion with a link and will update if that is provided.

With a twelve-person bracket, there will likely be a bye drawn in each quadrant. Draw a bye, and you only have to win two matches to qualify your country for the Olympics (reach the semifinals).

If you don't get a bye, then you'll need to win three matches to get to the semis and qualify your country. Will there be seeding? We don't know.

UPDATE: There is a three-hour-before-the-event deadline for entries for the Pan Am Championships (which occur the week before the Olympic Qualifier), as you can see at this link.

But, there is still ambiguity. That article discusses the Pan Am Championships. It states:

Note: The entries are subject to change till three hours before the official draw of the wrestling style.

Then, scroll down and there is a different section or different article that discusses entries for the Pan Am Olympic Qualifier, and that rule is not mentioned! 

On top of all of that, in the schedule of events for the Olympic Qualifier, there is no mention of what time zone. We assume local time, but does Mexico do what many in the US do by referring to Eastern time as some kind of standard? By the way, local time in Acapulco is the same as Central Time in the United States. 

Geez. Imagine Coach Bryan Medlin's job having to deal with bureaucracies in multiple countries and different time zones across the globe.