A goring in the sixth Encierro of the Sanfermines 2022

USPA NEWS - Less than two minutes lasted this Tuesday the sixth Encierro of the Sanfermines 2022, a fast-paced race that at times reminded the one of 24 hours before due to its danger. Despite this, only one wounded by a bull's horn was recorded, a goring in the arm that was not more serious although require transfer to the hospital.

It was a crazy race, with the herd divided and a bull - this Tuesday the bulls from the Jandilla ranch were playing - who took the initiative as soon as he left the corrals, advancing at a speed that his herd mates could not follow. Already from the first meters, that advanced bull and those that followed him overwhelmed the runners they found in their path, knocking them down, stepping on them and, sometimes, hooking their shirts to drag them next. Adrenaline in large quantities for some runners who were looking to show off and, however, they did not succeed.

Because this Tuesday was a Encierro of the Bulls for expert runners. And in the Sanfermines, the massive influx of runners makes it difficult for the most experienced to run their races. Even less when bulls and runners end up on the ground, as happened this Tuesday, with continuous clashes of the bulls with each other, of the bulls with the runners and of the runners with each other.

Jandilla is one of the most traditional bull farms in Spain. Also with a black legend because its bulls, brave but noble, which charge in response to the calls of the runners and bullfighters, were the cause of the death of a runner in the Sanfermines of 2009. And this Tuesday they showed signs of their danger.

According to the Red Cross of Navarra, six people were taken to hospital for injuries caused during the Encierro. One, due to a bull's horn on the arm, another due to an open wound caused by the stamping of a bull and another, due to a contusion in the spine due to a blow.