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San Fermin bull runs end with 57 injured, two gored

Published 14 July 2026

The 2026 San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, concluded on Tuesday, July 14, with its final bull run leaving ten men injured, bringing the total number of injured participants for the eight-day event to 57. The regional government of Navarre reported that two men suffered serious goring injuries during the morning run, while eight others were hospitalized with bruises.

An 18-year-old local man was gored in the thigh at the first turn of the course after a bull charged into a group of runners. A 46-year-old man from central Spain was gored in the chest on the final stretch entering the bullring. Both were transported to a hospital for treatment. The remaining injured individuals, including an 86-year-old British man, sustained minor injuries. Officials stated that five of the 57 total injured participants this year were foreign nationals from Britain, Australia, the United States, and Germany.

The six fighting bulls and their guide steers completed the approximately 850-meter course from a holding pen to the city's bullring in about two and a half minutes. Each morning of the festival, hundreds of participants, predominantly men dressed in traditional white shirts and red...

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