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The Peruvian Roca Rey triumphs in the Santander bullfighting fair despite goring

The Peruvian bullfighter Andres Roca Rey was designated winner of the Fair of Santiago de Santander (north of Spain), after the meeting and voting by the jury of these awards granted by the City Council, owner of Plaza de Cuatro Caminos.

On July 28, Roca Rey cut off three ears in the fourth run of fertilizer after being caught twice, the second in a horrifying way, and also entering the square’s infirmary twice, where various bruises were observed. and injuries that prevented him from going out on his shoulders through the front door.

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Days later, on August 5, the matador suffered another spectacular blow, this time in the Andalusian town of The Port of Santa Maria (South), which caused a tear in his right calf and for which he had to be hospitalized.

Visibly wounded, he finished off the job and went to the infirmary in the square, where they discovered a “18-centimetre gore in the middle third, inner face of the right leg with a subcutaneous ascending path that bruises the internal calf muscles”, according to the medical report.

Despite this, he returned to the ring after the intervention, to kill the second bull in his batch, with the final result of his performance being two ears, one from each bull.

Two days later he received a medical discharge and went home to continue his recovery and miss as few festivities as possible in the coming weeks.

On the other hand, the retired Colombian matador and rancher Cesar Rincon (Bogotá, 1965) was awarded the trophy “to a whole trajectory” for a professional career that began in 1982 with the alternative at the hands of the Spanish maestro Antonio Chenel “Antoñete”.

the iron of The fifth was designated as the best livestock in the Santiago de Santander Fairunanimously by the members of the jury, while the right-handed Spanish Gines Marin won the trophy for best lunge.

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Thomas Rufo won the award for best newcomer and the exemplary fan trophy went to Adolfo Gonzalez Pintosecond longest-serving subscriber of the bullring in Four ways.

The journalist and bullfighting critic of the newspaper ABC of Spain, Rosario Perezwas distinguished with the award “to journalistic work”, Cayetano Rivera got a special mentionfor the risk removals made to his partner Roca Rey” and the distinction for the best rejoneador was deserted.

Source: Elcomercio

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