Double Olympic snowboard champion Jamie Anderson after missing Big Air final: "Not sure what the future holds"  

Double Olympic snowboard slopestyle champion Jamie Anderson needed some time to let the disappointment sink in.

After failing to make the Big Air final at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the PyeongChang 2018 silver medallist seemed to question everything.

"I tried to tell myself going into this year that I have nothing to prove and I've had such an amazing career but I think it's something with yourself. I feel like when you are a true champ and an elite athlete there's always something within you where you're competing with yourself," she told Olympics.com. "I'm competing with myself and I know what I am capable of and so when I'm not able to do what I know what I can do, it feels like defeat and heartache, even though everyone around me has given me so much love and words of wisdom and telling me how great I've been. It's something deep inside."

"I trust the universe and I believe that everything happens for a reason. So I'm just giving it to god and will keep on tricking on."

"I'm not 100 per cent sure what the future holds. I know I want to work on building more off-grid property. I want to have a garden and some animals. I definitely want to have a family. But without this Olympics win, part of me is all fired up and I could see myself going back to Italy. I don't know. I never said that this was my last one as I just don't know. I have no idea what the future holds."

The 31-year-old fell on her first two runs on Monday (14 February). She did manage a score of 89.75 on her third run but her total score of 119.75 was not enough to advance to the final on Tuesday. Only the top 12 of the 29 starters made the final.

Beijing 2022 slopestyle champion Zoi Sadowski Synnott from New Zealand topped qualification with a score of 176.50 ahead of Japan's Murase Kokomo (171.00).

"I feel a lot. It was definitely very challenging to not be able to land the half nine. I've been doing that trick forever. The hype of everything was getting to my spirit, "Anderson said after her exit.

"It was so hard to keep it together and have fun when there was so much pressure and so much attention around it. Maybe when I was younger and a little bit naive, I was unaware and it was a little bit easier. Now that I am a little bit older and wiser, I know how great it feels to be good here and I know how terrible it feels to be bad."

Last week Anderson had already opened up about the mental health struggles she has been dealing with at Beijing 2022.

The American star spoke in a candid post on Instagram about the "rollercoaster of emotions" that led to her having an emotional breakdown the night before she was due to compete in 6 February's slopestyle finals.

She has also said that she was "looking forward to some time off" to focus on self-care after the Games.

In October 2021 Anderson told Olympics.com about the pressure she felt during the 2020 X Games.

"I was kind of a wreck," she said. "I remember calling, my boyfriend the night before and I was just like, I don't know what to do. Everyone's expecting me to win and I don't know about my run and my tricks. And just like, had a meltdown....

"I think it's good to reach out to support. Not that you have to call everyone and freak out, but your close people that you can relate with.

"Use those lifelines, it's OK to feel vulnerable and to feel afraid."