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American runner gored in the leg during Pamplona bull run | American runner gored in the leg during Pamplona bull run |
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An American was gored in the leg and five other runners were injured in the second-last running of the bulls at Pamplona’s San Fermín festival. | |
One of six bulls crashed into a group of runners close to a fence on Wednesday, goring the American in the thigh and lifting at least two runners in the air with its horns. | One of six bulls crashed into a group of runners close to a fence on Wednesday, goring the American in the thigh and lifting at least two runners in the air with its horns. |
The Navarra regional government identified the American as a 39-year-old with the initials MLO, and said his condition was not serious. | |
Related: Pamplona bull run tainted by reports of sexual violence | Related: Pamplona bull run tainted by reports of sexual violence |
Four Spaniards and another American were also being treated in city hospitals for contusions suffered in the run. The Navarra hospital had initially reported four injured. | Four Spaniards and another American were also being treated in city hospitals for contusions suffered in the run. The Navarra hospital had initially reported four injured. |
More than 1,000 people took part in the morning dash with six fighting bulls and their accompanying steer along a 850-metre street course to the city’s bullring. The bulls then face matadors and almost certain death in afternoon bullfights. The nationally televised run lasted 2 and a half minutes. | |
The nine-day fiesta, known also for its 24-hour street partying, became world famous with Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. It attracts thousands of foreign tourists. | The nine-day fiesta, known also for its 24-hour street partying, became world famous with Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. It attracts thousands of foreign tourists. |
Bull runs are a traditional part of summer festivals across Spain. Twelve people, including four Americans, have been gored since this year’s runs started on 7 July. In all, 15 people have died from gorings at the festival since record-keeping began in 1924. | |