This is the
shocking moment a bullfighter was gored in the neck during a gruesome
fight in the latest in a series of bloody incidents in the sport.
Jimenez
Fortes was competing at the San Isidro Bullfight Festival in Madrid,
Spain, on Thursday when he was thrown from a bull and injured in the
right hand side of his throat.
Although spectators saw him walk from the stadium it is thought he has been left with serious injuries.
Jimenez Fortes
was competing at the San Isidro Bullfight Festival in Madrid, Spain, on
Thursday when he was thrown from a bull and gored in the right hand side
of his neck
Some reports suggested it was the second year in a row the young bullfighter from Malaga had been injured at the annual event.
Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in Spain and Portugal, and has also spread to Hispanic American countries, including Colombia, through colonisation.
Before he was gored the young Madrid bullfighter, dressed in green and gold, looked like he had a handle on the fight
He only just managed to keep hold of
the bull, his red rag and wooden stick as it reared its head during the
fight yesterday evening
The half-tonne animal soon overpowered
Mr Fortes, who landed on his front on the ground. It is thought he was
gored just after being thrown to the floor
As the bull, which was covered in
blood with metal and wooden implements sticking out of it, bowed its
head Mr Fortes covered his face
As well as those taking on young bulls, which can weigh up to half a tonne, others step into the ring wearing period costumes.
Mr Fortes's injuries come just a month after a man was gored in the bottom during a fiesta in Teulada, eastern Spain.
And in February a 20-year-old American was taken to intensive care after being badly injured during the bull-running season.
Medics treating him said he suffered some of the worst injuries they had ever seen.
A grave Mr Fortes was held by an official and an assistant as he started making his way from the stadium covered in blood
Although spectators saw Mr Fortes,
pictured clutching his bloody neck, walk from the scene it is thought he
has been left with serious injuries
After walking halfway across the
stadium, the three men realised that Mr Fortes needed help and started
to lift him as a concerned audience watched on
Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in Spain, Portugal and some colonial countries, and can lead to serious injury
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