新华社北京2月24日电 中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平2月24日给中国单板滑雪运动员苏翊鸣回信，向他和中国冰雪健儿取得优异成绩表示祝贺，并提出殷切期望。

　　习近平在回信中说，你和中国冰雪健儿在冬奥赛场奋勇拼搏、超越自我，取得了优异成绩。我向你们表示祝贺！为你们点赞！

　　习近平表示，你在信中说，出生在一个伟大的国家，成长在一个最好的时代，通过努力实现了自己的梦想，感到很幸运。新时代是追梦者的时代，也是广大青少年成就梦想的时代。希望你们心系祖国，志存高远，脚踏实地，在奋斗中创造精彩人生，为祖国和人民贡献青春和力量。

　　近日，苏翊鸣给习近平总书记写信，汇报了牢记总书记教诲，刻苦训练、突破自我、实现梦想的奋斗历程，表达了继续努力、健康成长、报效祖国的坚定决心。

Xi urges Chinese winter sports athletes to strive for nation, people

BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) --President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged Chinese winter sports athletes to strive for "a splendid life" and devote their youth and strength to the motherland and the people.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in the reply to a letter from Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming.

In the letter, Xi extended congratulations to Su and other athletes in ice and snow sports for their outstanding performance at the Beijing Winter Olympics and put forward expectations for them.

Su said in his letter that he was born in a great country and raised in the best times, and he felt very lucky to have realized his dream through hard work.

Xi said that the new era is the era of dream chasers, and also the era for young people to realize their dreams.

Xi expressed in the letter his hope for young Chinese to keep the motherland at heart, aim high, and have their feet firmly on the ground.

In his letter to Xi, Su expressed his resolve to continue working hard and serving the motherland.

The 18-year-old snowboarder won gold in the Beijing 2022 men's snowboard big air and silver in the men's snowboard slopestyle.