Skater Paralyzed After Accident

Dutch speed skater Monique Velzeboer, critically injured in a training accident, will not skate again and is unlikely to walk, the Netherlands’ largest daily reported Wednesday.

Amsterdam’s De Telegraaf quoted Dutch skating team physician Frans Nollet as saying Velzeboer, 24, is paralyzed in both legs and has difficulty breathing because of spinal injuries she sustained on Dec. 22 when she hit the track barrier with her head.

Velzeboer, a psychology student, has been skating for the Netherlands since she was 14.

For the past three years, she has been the Dutch national champion for short-track skating and finished fourth in the 500-meter event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Boxing

The final details of the settlement between Oscar De La Hoya and his former managers, Bob Mittleman and Steve Nelson, have been resolved, and De La Hoya has begun preparations for a March 5 title bout that will reopen the Olympic Auditorium.

Mittleman and Nelson ended their five-year contract with De La Hoya and dropped a $10-million lawsuit against two of his new advisers in exchange for a cash payment believed to be more than $2 million.

The sides had reached agreement in principle Monday, the only snag involving language relative to the lawsuit.

College Basketball

Freshman Dontonio Wingfield of No. 18-ranked Cincinnati has a broken toe on his right foot and could be sidelined six weeks. Wingfield was averaging 16.8 points and 8.5 rebounds a game.

Names in the News

Bob Hunsaker, former coach at Ball State, has been hired as coach of the Hartford hellcats of the Continental Basketball Assn. Hunsaker replaces Randy Smith.