37-year old sprinter brings career to a close with final run in Amsterdam

Francis Obikwelu said his last goodbye to the international athletics track this Saturday, with one final showing in the 4x100m relay in event in the European Championships in Amsterdam.

Obikwelu arrived in Portugal in 1994, signing for Sporting two years later and going on to become one of the best sprinters in the world, under the coaching of Fausto Ribeiro.

In 2004 he claimed a silver medal in the 100m competition at the Athens Olympic Games, in what was Portugal's first medal in sprint competitions.