Gored Briton bemoans his 'bravado'

Mr Biggin was tossed under the hooves of oncoming bulls

A British man gored and trampled during a bull run festival in Spain has admitted "I am suffering for my bravado".

David Biggin, 31, from West Sussex, suffered a four-inch wound in his leg and cuts to his head during the annual San Fermin run in Pamplona.

He was among the people who risk running in front of a stampede of six bulls on their way to the city's bull ring.

Mr Biggin, who was tossed into the air under the hooves of oncoming bulls, was one of seven people injured on Saturday.

The festival lasts all week, but the early-morning weekend runs are considered most dangerous as they attract the biggest crowds.

Eight more people were injured during Sunday morning's run.

I won't be doing it again - if I come back to Pamplona it will be as a spectator David Biggin

Mr Biggin, an accountant from Rustington, near Worthing, told the Madrid-based press agency Brown and Bond: "I am suffering for my bravado. I should have been a spectator - it's too dangerous."

Originally from Manchester, he was in Spain for the stag party of his younger brother Paul, who is getting married in Manchester next month.

Speaking from his hospital bed, Mr Biggin said: "I am not very comfortable.

"I am being given a lot of antibiotics to ensure there is no infection and I will be here until about Thursday."

'Series of jokes'

He and his brother are in Pamplona with 11 friends.

He said: "They have all been round, I suppose trying to cheer me up with a whole series of stag party jokes."

He said he had spoken to his parents to assure them he was recovering.

In Pictures: Pamplona Bull Run

Mr Biggin's story and picture appeared in news outlets across Britain and Spain.

He said: "What a way to get known. I won't be doing it again, if I come back to Pamplona it will be as a spectator."

Mr Biggin was the only member of the stag party to get injured.

He said several others had run, but his brother had decided not to risk injury ahead of his wedding.

Man in coma

His brother and friends are due to fly home on Monday, but doctors have said Mr Biggin will not be well enough to fly for a few days.

The festival's website is updated daily with news of the day's run and injuries.

On Sunday it was reporting that a Spanish man, Fermín Echeverría Irañeta, who was injured last Tuesday, remains in a coma.

Since records were first kept in 1924, 13 people have been killed, the most recent in 1995.