Report

The mythical Miura bull-breed, a veteran of the Sanfermin fiestas (The 54th time that they feature), and always known for their noble behavior, once again featured in this Sunday morning running of the bulls in Iruñea-Pamplona. The course was packed with runners - as is to be expected at a weekend - and it lasted exactly five minutes. There were five runners gored and another six runners were also taken off to hospital suffering from injuries. Data from the software program, Bullrunning Analytics, make this Sunday morning the one with the most gorings ever in recent times. Once again, a loose bull has been the fatal protagonist in this morning's running of the bulls. A violet-colored bull by the name of "Ermitaño" got separated from the rest of the pack after crashing violently into the fencing at the Mercaderes bend. It charged and gored several runners along the length of the course. The worst moments of great anguish occurred at the entrance leading into the bullring, where the bull tossed and played with a runner as if he were a rag doll and gored its victim at least twice.

The pack charged out of the pen at Santo Domingo at a fast pace and the bulls stayed close to the bell-oxen all the way to Mercaderes without paying much attention to the many runners who filled the length of the course this morning.

At the Mercaderes bend a runner who was on the left side of the stretch, surrounded by bulls, was gored in the neck. Immediately afterwards three of the bulls crashed violently against the fencing on the Mercaderes - Estafeta bend. Here the pack now broke up and the violet-colored bull, "Ermitaño" got separated from the rest of the bulls.

The bulls ran ahead in a looser formation up the stretch of Estafeta street. The leading bulls ran closely together with the bull-oxen over the whole stretch. The danger was the final bull, "Ermitaño" who was alone and disorientated, and this animal charged several times against runners along the length of the course.

The first five bulls were now running in two groups of three and two at a fast pace. The rear bull stopped and turned several times, particularly at Telefónica and at the final stretch leading into the bull ring. Here at the entrance to the bullring, "Ermitaño" created moments of great danger and anguish and he tossed and turned a runner over several times, giving him two serious gorings. In spite of the fact that the runners and the bull-minders were anxiously trying to distract the bull from its victim, the bull continued to toss its victim against the fencing and against the ground with great violence. Finally, with the help of the runners and bull-minders, the ominous protagonist of today's running was eventually lead into the bullring and towards the safety of the pens after a running which lasted five minutes.

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Injuries

The Miura bulls cause five gorings in the sixth running of the bulls of Sanfermines

Two of them are in a very serious state

A total of 11 runners were injured, five of these from gorings, after the sixth running of the bulls of Sanfermines 200, which featured bulls from the Miura bull-ranch. One of the bulls, by the name of "Ermitaño" got separated from the rest of the pack and this bull created the most dangerous moments of a dangerous running of the bulls which lasted five minutes.

The Hospital de Navarra has admitted the two most serious cases of gorings and both patients have already been operated on. The other two cases of gorings have also been operated on in The Virgen del Camino Hospital.

At the moment, there are six runners admitted to the Hospital de Navarra, two of them in an extremely serious condition. These two runners received serious gorings; one of them was gored in the thorax and also in his left thigh in the stretch of Telefónica. He is a 44 year-old man from Pamplona, while the second seriously-injured man received a goring to his neck at the Mercaderes stretch. This injured man is a 56 year-old from Calahorra (La Rioja), with the initials J.G.A.

The first of these has already been operated on and in now in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, while the second case, a man from Calahorra, is about to enter the Intensive Care Unit. At this same hospital, A.T.S., a 32 year-old from Madrid was admitted, after suffering a goring to his right thigh in Estafeta Street but was later moved to the Hospital Virgen del Camino.

Also admitted to the Hospital de Navarra was E.S.M. a 32 year-old from Pamplona, who suffered a light cracked skull on the Santo Domingo stretch and F.E.L. a man from Autol (La Rioja) aged 25 suffering abdominal bruising received on the same stretch.

A sixth runner, R.T., a 21 year-old Englishman has also been admitted to this hospital after receiving a jab from the horns of the bulls to his back. Has condition is stable.

Finally, a 19 year-old person was also admitted to this hospital with the initials A.K. after he suffered several slight erosions in the bullring and at this moment he is being treated.

Meanwhile, there are four runners admitted to the Hospital Virgen del Camino: the first of these is the fourth runner to receive a goring. In this case he was gored in the upper arm and he has been operated on and is now in ward. He is a 51 year-old man from Pamplona and he was gored at the City Hall stretch.

The second case is J.C.E. a 25 year-old from Noáin, (Navarra) who suffered multi-contusion to his limbs and a scalp wound after falling in the Estafeta stretch. He also has a 2 cm goring in his neck. The third runner is a young man from Barcelona, aged 25, with the initials P.V.V., who ran in Mercaderes and suffered multiple contusions.

Finally, a young man from Madrid, F.C.G. aged 36 has also been admitted to hospital after suffering severe bruising to his left ankle on the Santo Domingo stretch .Meanwhile those who received treatment from earlier running of the bulls, have been discharged from hospital except for the 66 year-old North-American, who was admitted on the 10th to the Hospital de Navarra with hemomeum- thorax and contusion to his lungs is recovering satisfactorily and two other runners who received treatment yesterday for diverse bruising have now been discharged.

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