6 injured in Pamplona Spain bull run
PAMPLONA,
Spain (AP) - A senior thrill seeker was gored in the leg and five
slightly wounded while thousands of adrenaline-fueled races ahead of
runners of six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern
Spanish city of Pamplona in the first run of the bulls this year's San Fermin festival, officials said Saturday.
Runners, dressed in traditional white and red scarf around his neck, tripped over each other or fell in the mad race through the annual rash of early morning dew dampened slippery streets of the city's bullring.
A young man has got the top of the shirt and scarf caught on the horn of a bull, a few inches from his face, and was dragged several meters (yards) along the ground, but was seen to get up and run away.
The runner gored, a 73-year resident of Pamplona, was taken to a local hospital and five others were treated for cuts and bruises, the regional government of Navarre said in a statement.
Among those who received medical treatment had a 21-year-old Japanese person in the city of Ikeda, and a 26-year-old Australian national, the statement said.
The San Fermin running of the bulls festival has become famous with the publication of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." It 'also known worldwide for its wild all-night street parties, commemorating the patron saint of the city.
On Saturday, the massive bulls belonging to breeding ranch Dolores Aguirre during a pen held in the outskirts of the city, where they spent the night before the race, along a path 849 meters (928 yards) to the ring in 2 minutes, 53 seconds a relatively slow. Opening stroke of last year was completed 23 seconds faster.
The last bull in the box office and became disoriented in the ring a few seconds after the leaders. Once the arena has caused panic as several riders chased around before being coaxed the safety of the stables by assistants to the mantle wind.
"Running with the bulls was the best experience I've had, so much adrenaline," said Mark Martinez, 27, a student from Los Angeles, California, who said he was in Spain to 10 vacation days. "I could not touch the horns, I might try that tomorrow," he said.
Serious runners, of which the connoisseurs of the holiday as "los divinos" - the divine - because of their ability to survive close brushes with death, would not attempt to touch the animals.
The animals used in this secular decorative party may weigh a little 'more than 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) and killed 15 people Since record keeping began in 1924.
The latest tragedy came in 2009 when a young Spaniard was gored in the neck while trying to escape a bull by sliding feet first with a fence that separates the field from the crowd watching the race. It 'was the first death at San Fermin in nearly 15 years.
"Spain is different from anything I've tried before," said Michael Arraztoa, 25, from Bakersfield, California. He said that his father was of Irurita, not far from Pamplona, and that he was over a summer break.
The play runs 8 am every day until July 14 with each transmission charge on state television. And then in the afternoon of each day, the same bulls face matadors in the ring.
Heckle reported from Madrid
Runners, dressed in traditional white and red scarf around his neck, tripped over each other or fell in the mad race through the annual rash of early morning dew dampened slippery streets of the city's bullring.
A young man has got the top of the shirt and scarf caught on the horn of a bull, a few inches from his face, and was dragged several meters (yards) along the ground, but was seen to get up and run away.
The runner gored, a 73-year resident of Pamplona, was taken to a local hospital and five others were treated for cuts and bruises, the regional government of Navarre said in a statement.
Among those who received medical treatment had a 21-year-old Japanese person in the city of Ikeda, and a 26-year-old Australian national, the statement said.
The San Fermin running of the bulls festival has become famous with the publication of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." It 'also known worldwide for its wild all-night street parties, commemorating the patron saint of the city.
On Saturday, the massive bulls belonging to breeding ranch Dolores Aguirre during a pen held in the outskirts of the city, where they spent the night before the race, along a path 849 meters (928 yards) to the ring in 2 minutes, 53 seconds a relatively slow. Opening stroke of last year was completed 23 seconds faster.
The last bull in the box office and became disoriented in the ring a few seconds after the leaders. Once the arena has caused panic as several riders chased around before being coaxed the safety of the stables by assistants to the mantle wind.
"Running with the bulls was the best experience I've had, so much adrenaline," said Mark Martinez, 27, a student from Los Angeles, California, who said he was in Spain to 10 vacation days. "I could not touch the horns, I might try that tomorrow," he said.
Serious runners, of which the connoisseurs of the holiday as "los divinos" - the divine - because of their ability to survive close brushes with death, would not attempt to touch the animals.
The animals used in this secular decorative party may weigh a little 'more than 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) and killed 15 people Since record keeping began in 1924.
The latest tragedy came in 2009 when a young Spaniard was gored in the neck while trying to escape a bull by sliding feet first with a fence that separates the field from the crowd watching the race. It 'was the first death at San Fermin in nearly 15 years.
"Spain is different from anything I've tried before," said Michael Arraztoa, 25, from Bakersfield, California. He said that his father was of Irurita, not far from Pamplona, and that he was over a summer break.
The play runs 8 am every day until July 14 with each transmission charge on state television. And then in the afternoon of each day, the same bulls face matadors in the ring.
Heckle reported from Madrid
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