The bulls of the Cadiz cattle Nunez del Cuvillo have opened the first running of the bulls of the 2022 Sanfermines with a fast race, from 2:35 minutesand exciting, with moments of tension, like the one experienced at the entrance to the square, where a lot of runners have formed.
Punctual, at eight in the morning, 1,089 days later From the last running of the bulls held in Pamplona, on July 14, 2019, the herd left the Santo Domingo corrals grouped and led by the halters, although the bulls immediately took command, which has led to beautiful races for the young men.
No bull horn injuries
Five runners have been transferred to the Navarra University Hospital with traumatisms and contusions after the first confinement, in which no injuries by antlers have been registered according to the first information.
One of the injured is a man over 25 years old, with a head contusion due to a fall he suffered in the Espoz and Mina area.
Another injured person is a minor under 18 years of age, who has suffered a contusion with deformity in the right arm caused by a fall in the City Hall.
Thirdly, a man over 25 years of age has been transferred from Estafeta for a stomp on leg with bruise with deformityin a conscious state.
Finally, there have been other two transfers for concussions from the infirmary of the bullring.
The Núñez del Cuvillo, in their eleventh participation in the running of the bulls in Pamplona, have shown a noble behavior in a race in which there have been numerous falls.nerves and emotion
The nerves and emotion were palpable minutes before the rocket announcing the start of the running of the bulls was launched, with some runners who have met again after two years of suspension of the parties due to the pandemic and who have been able to greet the shepherds again.
After the mandatory songs to San Fermín, the meek ones have guided the bulls until the contact with the runners, who this year has advanced ten meters. In this first section, Santo Domingothe running of the bulls has passed cleanly, with the grouped bullfight and with some of the bulls sweeping to the left.
This is how the herd has reached the section of the Town Hall, at great speed and with the bulls definitively in command of the group, which has also crossed the merchants streetuntil reaching the curve of Estafeta, where the herd has collided with the fence, although without falling to the ground.
Estafeta street is where the best races of the young men have been seen who, despite the high speed of the torada, they have found holes before the horns in a herd stretched out and led by four bulls.
The speed at which the bulls were going has meant that numerous runners have fallen in this section and even some small lot.
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