Bull gores Australian woman in Pamplona
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July 15, 2013, Monday
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AN Australian woman was seriously injured after being gored during the final bull run of this year's annual San Fermin festival in Spain yesterday. Four other runners were also hospitalized after sustaining cuts and bruises.
The 23-year-old woman, identified only as JE, was gored in the back and suffered multiple rib fractures and damage to her right lung that left her in "very grave" condition after an operation at Navarra Hospital, said the regional government that organizes the festival.
The woman was struck by a massive Miura bull as she clung to wooden barriers yards outside the bullring entrance, said regional health authority spokesman Javier Sesma.
It is very rare for women to be gored since most of the runners are men. Javier Solano, a San Fermin expert working for national broadcaster TVE, said records showed only two other women had been injured by gorings in the recent history of the fiesta.
The four injured runners who were tossed by bulls or fell as they ran were identified as a 39-year-old man from California, a 23-year-old man from Madrid and two men from Navarra, said the regional government organizers. None of those injuries were serious.
Miura bulls are renowned as Spain's largest and fastest fighting bulls, and yesterday's run was quick, taking two minutes, 16 seconds to cover 850 meters from stables just outside Pamplona's medieval stone wall to the central bullring.
Despite the animals' size and muscle-bound appearance, experts admire Miuras for their explosive acceleration, stamina and grace, characteristics that inspired legendary Italian carmaker, the late Ferruccio Lamborghini, to name one of his iconic sports cars after the breed.
The San Fermin festival, which honors the patron saint of this northern city, dates back to the late 16th century and is also known for its all-night street parties where copious quantities of red wine from Navarra and Rioja are consumed and sprinkled around. The festivities were made famous by American Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."
The 23-year-old woman, identified only as JE, was gored in the back and suffered multiple rib fractures and damage to her right lung that left her in "very grave" condition after an operation at Navarra Hospital, said the regional government that organizes the festival.
The woman was struck by a massive Miura bull as she clung to wooden barriers yards outside the bullring entrance, said regional health authority spokesman Javier Sesma.
It is very rare for women to be gored since most of the runners are men. Javier Solano, a San Fermin expert working for national broadcaster TVE, said records showed only two other women had been injured by gorings in the recent history of the fiesta.
The four injured runners who were tossed by bulls or fell as they ran were identified as a 39-year-old man from California, a 23-year-old man from Madrid and two men from Navarra, said the regional government organizers. None of those injuries were serious.
Miura bulls are renowned as Spain's largest and fastest fighting bulls, and yesterday's run was quick, taking two minutes, 16 seconds to cover 850 meters from stables just outside Pamplona's medieval stone wall to the central bullring.
Despite the animals' size and muscle-bound appearance, experts admire Miuras for their explosive acceleration, stamina and grace, characteristics that inspired legendary Italian carmaker, the late Ferruccio Lamborghini, to name one of his iconic sports cars after the breed.
The San Fermin festival, which honors the patron saint of this northern city, dates back to the late 16th century and is also known for its all-night street parties where copious quantities of red wine from Navarra and Rioja are consumed and sprinkled around. The festivities were made famous by American Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."
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