Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Olhão ya lashe zaben a matsayin birni mai masauki a watan Nuwambar 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 gasar tseren tsere na wannan girman, ya zama wani babban gasar wasannin motsa jiki da za a gudanar a yankin Algarve, bayan 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
da kuma bugu da yawa na gasar 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.