News summary produced by Claude AI
The annual running of the bulls festival in Pamplona concluded with a total of 57 people injured during its eight-day duration. An 86-year-old man from Halesowen in the West Midlands was among those hurt on the final morning of the event on Tuesday, sustaining injuries to his right hand, left elbow, and right eyebrow. Festival organizers indicated the man was undergoing medical assessment, with initial assessments suggesting his injuries were not severe.
The traditional event, formally known as Sanfermines in Spain, draws participants from around the globe who attempt to run through the city’s narrow streets ahead of a pack of bulls. The daily runs, called encierros, begin at 8am with participants wearing white clothing and red scarves racing ahead of six bulls across an 848.6-metre course leading from a holding pen to the city’s bullring.
Two Spanish residents sustained goring injuries on the festival’s final day. An 18-year-old local man was gored in the left thigh, while a 46-year-old from Guadalajara in central Spain received a horn wound to the chest. Neither injury was classified as life-threatening. While trampling incidents and gorings represent the most common types of injuries at the event, the festival has recorded at least 16 deaths over its 116-year history. The most recent fatality occurred in 2009 when Daniel Jimeno Romero, a 27-year-old from Alcalá de Henares near Madrid, died from a goring to the neck and lung.
The festival has achieved cultural prominence through its appearance in literature, notably Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, which features the event as a backdrop for its narrative.