Spain: 9 injured, no one gored in final Pamplona bull run

  14 July 2016    Read: 1320
Spain: 9 injured, no one gored in final Pamplona bull run
Nine people suffered bruises and cuts but no one was gored in the final running of the bulls at Pamplona`s San Fermin festival, Spanish officials said Thursday.
The run produced moments of high tension when several bulls crashed into a pile of fallen runners on entering the bull ring but there were no gorings.

More than a thousand people took part in the 8 a.m. (0600 GMT, 2 a.m. EDT) run, which lasted just under 2½ minutes.

The Navarra regional government said nine participants were admitted to a city hospital for contusions and cuts but none was in serious condition.

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" and attracts thousands of foreign tourists.

In the runs, hundreds of daredevils dash with six fighting bulls and their accompanying steer along a 930-yard (850-meter) street course to the city`s bull ring. The bulls then face matadors and almost certain death in afternoon bullfights.

Bull runs are a traditional part of summer festivals across Spain.

Twelve people, including four Americans, were gored in the eight runs at this year`s festival. Six were later released from the city hospital and the rest were said to be progressing well.

In all, 15 people have died from gorings at the festival since record-keeping began in 1924.

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