Spanish matador Victor Barrio fatally gored
Jul 11, 2016 10:26:22 GMT 9.5
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Post by Willow on Jul 11, 2016 10:26:22 GMT 9.5
Bull fighting is cruel and unnecessary, I feel sorry for his grieving family but finding it hard to feel sorry for the torturer of bulls
A bullfighter has been fatally gored in Spain, the first professional matador to be killed in the ring in more than three decades.
Victor Barrio, 29, was pronounced dead late on Saturday by a surgeon at the Teruel bullring. Barrio was first gored in the thigh by the 530-kilogram bull’s left horn when a gust of wind distracted him as he waved his cape in front of the bull.
The bull then flipped him over and gored him a second time in the chest, the blow penetrating a lung and his aorta as the matador lay on the ground, his horrified wife watching from the audience.
Medics were at his side almost immediately, but attempts to save his life were unsuccessful.
His wife, Raquel Sanz, 32, collapsed when she saw his body in the ringside surgery. The couple, from Segovia, north of Madrid, married less than two years ago. She later said there were no words to describe her heartbreak.
The goring of Barrio was broadcast live on television and news of his death stirred widespread reaction.
“My condolences to the family and colleagues of Victor Barrio, the deceased bullfighter this evening in Teruel. Rest in Peace,” Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tweeted.
Prominent bullfighter Enrique Ponce said he was “deeply saddened by the death of my colleague in the ring. Let God embrace him in all his glory. Great matador.” Participants at the famed running of the bulls at the San Fermin festivities in Pamplona wore improvised black armbands in honour of the fallen matador while dashing along the streets on the way to the bullring on Sunday morning.
Festivities in Teruel were immediately suspended following Barrio’s death, and Las Ventas, the Madrid bullring were he debuted back in 2010, posted a heartfelt remembrance of the young bullfighter.
Barrio was the first professional matador to die during a bullfight in Spain since 21-year-old Frenchman Jose Cubero Yiyo was fatally gored in 1985 in Madrid.
Before Barrio’s death, Manolo Montoliu, then 38, and Ramon Soto Vargas, 39, were also fatally gored in 1992 in Seville while serving as “banderilleros,” matador’s assistants.
AP
A bullfighter has been fatally gored in Spain, the first professional matador to be killed in the ring in more than three decades.
Victor Barrio, 29, was pronounced dead late on Saturday by a surgeon at the Teruel bullring. Barrio was first gored in the thigh by the 530-kilogram bull’s left horn when a gust of wind distracted him as he waved his cape in front of the bull.
The bull then flipped him over and gored him a second time in the chest, the blow penetrating a lung and his aorta as the matador lay on the ground, his horrified wife watching from the audience.
Medics were at his side almost immediately, but attempts to save his life were unsuccessful.
His wife, Raquel Sanz, 32, collapsed when she saw his body in the ringside surgery. The couple, from Segovia, north of Madrid, married less than two years ago. She later said there were no words to describe her heartbreak.
The goring of Barrio was broadcast live on television and news of his death stirred widespread reaction.
“My condolences to the family and colleagues of Victor Barrio, the deceased bullfighter this evening in Teruel. Rest in Peace,” Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tweeted.
Prominent bullfighter Enrique Ponce said he was “deeply saddened by the death of my colleague in the ring. Let God embrace him in all his glory. Great matador.” Participants at the famed running of the bulls at the San Fermin festivities in Pamplona wore improvised black armbands in honour of the fallen matador while dashing along the streets on the way to the bullring on Sunday morning.
Festivities in Teruel were immediately suspended following Barrio’s death, and Las Ventas, the Madrid bullring were he debuted back in 2010, posted a heartfelt remembrance of the young bullfighter.
Barrio was the first professional matador to die during a bullfight in Spain since 21-year-old Frenchman Jose Cubero Yiyo was fatally gored in 1985 in Madrid.
Before Barrio’s death, Manolo Montoliu, then 38, and Ramon Soto Vargas, 39, were also fatally gored in 1992 in Seville while serving as “banderilleros,” matador’s assistants.
AP