US EditionSpain's Pamplona Bull-Running Festival Starts, At Least Six Injured
PAMPLONA, SPAIN, JUL 7 – Thousands participate in the annual San Fermín festival, where up to 4,000 runners face charging bulls; six runners were hospitalized with injuries on the first day, officials said.
- Thousands of runners participate each morning in the San Fermín bull-running festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain.
- Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, which follows American bohemians in Europe, helped bring worldwide recognition to the festival.
- Each day’s run lasts three to four minutes over an 846-meter cobblestone course with thousands of spectators watching from balconies and barricades.
- Up to 4,000 runners sprint ahead of six bulls led by steers while many suffer injuries or gorings, and four runners died on the deadliest day, July 13, 1980.
- The festival lasts nine days with bullfights each afternoon where professional matadors slaughter the morning’s bulls as part of ongoing cultural entertainment.
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A man was seriously injured by a bull during the running of the bulls in Pamplona. Several people were hospitalized, as the run was particularly dangerous.
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The Irish SunMan GORED by 1260lb beast at Pamplona bull run as eight others hurt in stampede
A MAN has been gored by a 1,260lb beast at the notorious Pamplona bull run festival as eight others were injured in the stampede. The injuries are the latest to hit the northern Spanish region, with almost 300 incidents recorded each year from the death-defying event. GettyRevellers make their way through Plaza Consistorial as they run[/caption] Shutterstock EditorialOne runner is pictured being knocked by the beast[/caption] EPASome 300 injurie…
One man gored, seven others bruised in Spain's bull running festival
PAMPLONA, Spain: A man was gored and seven others lightly injured on Tuesday, the second day of Pamplona’s San Fermin festival in which thousands of people line the mediaeval city’s narrow streets for the centuries-old tradition of running with bulls. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Man gored and seven others bruised in Spain's bull running festival
PAMPLONA — A man was gored and seven others lightly injured on Tuesday, the second day of Pamploma's San Fermin festival in which thousands of people line the mediaeval city's narrow streets for the centuries-old tradition of running with bulls.
One man gored and seven others bruised in Spain's bull running festival
PAMPLONA, Spain: A man was gored and seven others lightly injured on Tuesday (Jul 8), the second day of Pamploma's San Fermin festival in which thousands of people line the mediaeval city's narrow streets for the centuries-old tradition of running with bulls. The man who was gored, identified only as being
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