Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Olhão ya lashe zaben a matsayin birni mai masaukin baki a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2009, inda ya yi nasara da takwararsa daga Santa Eulària des Riu na Spain. Kodayake wannan shi ne karo na farko da Portugal ta karbi bakuncin wani tseren tseren tsere na wannan girman, ya zama wani babban gasar wasannin motsa jiki da za a gudanar a yankin Algarve, bayan gasar tseren tseren tseren kasa ta 2000 ta IAAF,
2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships da kuma bugu da yawa na Kofin Zakarun Turai. Birnin da kansa, tun shekara ta 2001, ya kasance mai masaukin baki ga taron shekara-shekara na Meeting de Marcha Atlética da Cidade de Olhão, wanda aka nuna a jerin gasar IAAF World Race Walking Challenge.