{"id":793774,"date":"2026-07-11T15:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/793774\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T15:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:29:22","slug":"runner-gored-in-the-face-at-spains-san-fermin-bull-run-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/793774\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner gored in the face at Spain&#8217;s San Fermin bull run festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">One runner was gored in the face and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during a chaotic bull run at Spain\u2019s San Fermin festival on Saturday, local time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The six bulls and accompanying steers charged through crowds of thrill-seekers, who packed the narrow street course in Pamplona.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The huge animals knocked bodies to the cobblestones, and stumbling runners caused several pile-ups during the two-and-a-half-minute run from the pen to the bull ring, where bullfighters kill the bulls later in the day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Revellers run alongside fighting bulls in a cobbled street. One runner has their face painted in red, green and white.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8f657ff735aaf5b24b90b55d82662454.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The event sees revellers run through narrow cobbled streets. (AP: Miguel Oses)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">One runner was pierced by a horn in the face, while 12 more people needed medical treatment for an assortment of knocks, according to the University of Navarra Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A black bull broke away from the pack early in the 875-metre run and plowed into a group of people, smacking one full in the side of the face with a horn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It was not clear if that was the moment of the goring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Many runners appeared completely unaware when bulls were breathing down their necks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Instead of trying to gore them, many bulls just shoved people out of the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Saturday was the fifth day of the eight-day festival.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A runner, dressed in a white and red, is seen right next to a bull with horns, in a crowded cobbled street.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c69f069013a2785cb14829399578f79b.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The run typically lasts only a few minutes. (AP: Miguel Oses)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">This year\u2019s event comes 100 years after the publication of Ernest Hemingway\u2019s novel The Sun Also Rises, which brought the festival international fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The last death at San Fermin&#8217;s bull run occurred in 2009, but gorings and broken bones are common, partly due to the large number of novice bull runners and foreign tourists who join the experienced locals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One runner was gored in the face and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,73889,36177,134,19021,373489,84055,373488,2020],"class_list":["post-793774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bull-run","tag-bulls","tag-entertainment","tag-ernest-hemingway","tag-pamplona","tag-runners","tag-san-fermin","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}