Friday, July 30, 2010

OLE! Running of the bulls begins 2 hurt in Spain,

7. July 2010

Spain's running of the bulls starts in the hospital with no Goring but 2 runners County.

Thousands of daredevils dashed through Pamplona's historic old quarter Wednesday for a first goring-free bullish for the San Fermín fiesta, a rough event which starts summer season in Spain's Party.

The thrillseekers drove with six bulls and six Bell-sounding oxen commissioned, trying to hold together along the 930 yard (850 metres) from a holding pen animals at the Bullring in this northern city to keep.

Several runners to the ground were beaten and some have been trampled by the animals with a weight of more than 1,100 pounds (500 kg), but there was no Goring or life-threatening injuries.

An 18-year old man from Melbourne, suffered an eye injury and a 20-year old Spaniard suffered multiple bruises, Navarre Government said on its Web site.Both were hospitalized, but her injuries not seriously considered recognized were identified only by initials.

Run daily is the highlight of nine days Street 8 clock, drink Festival, and comes after a full day and night to celebrate hard.

Dozens of runners, dressed in the Festival traditional white shirts and trousers with red fitting Assembly station, a chant to a statue of San Fermin at the beginning of the route sang seconds before a firecracker rocket blast signaled the release of bulls from the pen.

Waiting for a corner was retired American pilot Peter Rostov, who dashed then 35 metres (M) next to the bull on a cobbled Street before taking of coverage in a door on the previous day prepare his heart that drank pumps with Adrenalin.Er only water.

"" I know cops, but they came about a hundred times faster than I thought it would,"said Rostov, 58, Austin, Texas.""I was not prepared, and the intensity of the senses was executed, the smell of the bulls, the sound overwhelming, and the fear before."

That are broadcast live on national television, took 2 minutes and 45 seconds, a relatively quick Sprint that the cops kept together and little attention to the runners saw.

By ALAN CLENDENNING



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