The 18-year-old burst on the American gymnastics scene at last year’s Winter Cup, where she won the floor exercise.
She impressed again at the U.S. Classic and U.S. Championships, finishing second on the event to 2016 Olympic floor gold medallist and six-time world floor exercise champion Simone Biles.
Lincoln ended her breakout year helping Team USA to gold at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Individually, she took top honours on the floor exercise, the event that had quickly become her trademark.
“I definitely learned that I do tend to get very nervous in some situations but being able to compete and have the experience and opportunity, it definitely helped me learn from it and live with it and kind of control my nerves,” Lincoln told a small group of media, including Olympics.
U.S. gymnastics national team camp earlier this year. “Just focus on me and my gymnastics, and not everything else going on around me.”
The future Louisiana State University gymnast is set to compete at the U.S. trials for Paris 2024 after withdrawing from the recent U.S. Championships with a tweaked foot. Lincoln, along with Shilese Jones, successfully petitioned to enter the trials.