Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Lacourt enwetaghị ihe nrite ọ bụla na 2016 Summer Olympics. N'ịgbaso ebe nke ise o meriri n'ọsọ 100 mita azụ
, Lacourt mere akụkọ mba ụwa mgbe ọ katọchara egwuregwu igwu mmiri ma kwuo okwu mkparị banyere onye na-egwu mmiri China bụ Sun Yang. N'ajụjụ ọnụ a gbara ya na ụlọ ọrụ redio French RMCsport, Lacourt kwuru, sị: "Ọ na-ewute m nke ukwuu mgbe m hụrụ ka egwuregwu m na-adị ka nke a. Enwere m mmetụta na m na-ele asọmpi egwuregwu, ebe mmadụ abụọ ma ọ bụ atọ na-aṅụ ọgwụ ọjọọ n'asọmpi ikpeazụ ọ bụla. Enwere m olile anya na FINA ga-emeghachi omume ma kwụsị ogbugbu a, n'ihi na ọ na-abụ ihe mwute, " ma mechie ya na "Sun Yang, ọ na-acha odo odo!" Mgbe onye ọzọ na-egwu mmiri si China, Xu Jiayu, meriri ya, onye meriri ọlaọcha na mita 100 na azụ, Lacourt kwuru, "Enweghị m mmasị ka onye China merie m".