Two hurt during Pamplona bull run

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- One man was gored in the abdomen and another suffered facial injuries on the third day of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, a hospital doctor told Spanish state television Wednesday.
A fighting bull leaps over a fallen runner at the Mercaderes curve during the running of the bulls.

A fighting bull leaps over a fallen runner at the Mercaderes curve during the running of the bulls.

A 22-year-old Californian, who was gored, was taken to a hospital and was "stable and conscious," said the doctor, Ignacio Yurss, medical director of Hospital de Navarra. The patient's name was not released.

The man who suffered facial injuries comes from Greece and was injured in the nose, Yurss added.

The latest injuries bring to 20 the number of runners who have been hurt in the first three days of the running.

Two of those were due to bull gorings -- the Californian gored Wednesday and a Spaniard gored Tuesday. The other 18 injuries resulted from falls or collisions, the regional government of Navarra reported.

Ten of the injured are Spanish. The other 10 include three Americans and one each from England, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, South Africa, South Korea, and Romania, the Navarra government said. Many of the 20 have already been released from the hospital.

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