On February 24, General Secretary Xi Jinping wrote back to Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming, congratulating him and the Chinese ice and snow athletes on their excellent results and raising ardent expectations.

  A precious reply, full of affection and anticipation between the lines.

The general secretary's eyes are on athletes, young people, and all dream chasers.

This encouragement and entrustment has gathered the majestic power of "together to the future".

Expecting Athletes: Struggle and surpass yourself

  "You and the Chinese ice and snow athletes worked hard and surpassed themselves in the Winter Olympics, and achieved excellent results. I congratulate you! I give you a thumbs up!" The general secretary praised in the letter.

  Determined to "do our best to win glory for the country", he completed difficult movements many times in his first Winter Olympics and became the youngest Winter Olympic champion in China.

Su Yiming's ambition and strength are inseparable from the earnest teachings of General Secretary Xi Jinping.

  On February 1, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shougang Park to inspect the preparations for the Winter Olympics and visit the athletes who were preparing for the competition.

Su Yiming, who was about to turn 15 at the time, was one of them. "At that time, there was a huge gap between my skills and the world's highest level. The encouragement of the general secretary changed me deeply and made me determined to give everything to realize the dream of the Winter Olympics."

  Three years later, when Su Yiming's dream came true at the same venue, he couldn't hide his excitement, and he couldn't help writing a letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping, reporting on his struggles to keep in mind the general secretary's teachings, to train hard, to break through himself, and to realize his dreams. The firm determination to continue to work hard, grow healthily, and serve the motherland.

  General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the national teams of ice and snow events many times and had in-depth exchanges with the athletes and coaches: "Promoting the leap-forward development of my country's ice and snow sports is an important part of realizing the goal of the second century of struggle, and it has also created a rare life for the majority of ice and snow athletes. opportunity."

  Short track speed skater Wu Dajing met General Secretary Xi Jinping twice.

"At the Capital Gymnasium, the General Secretary shook hands with me. This is my most glorious moment." He and his teammates withstood the pressure and won the gold medal in the mixed team relay for short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, a good start for the Chinese delegation. .

  On January 4 this year, at the training base of the ice and snow project of Beijing No. 27 Factory, General Secretary Xi Jinping said emotionally: "How many times can you fight in your life, the hard work is worth it. How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without going through the bone-chilling experience?" The Chinese speed skating team members present were all excited.

More than a month later, Gao Tingyu broke the Olympic record and won the men's 500-meter speed skating championship, achieving a "zero breakthrough" for the Chinese men's speed skating gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

  "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while. If you don't fight at this time, you will wait!" The general secretary's Yin Yin exhortation is the strong confidence of Bingxue athletes to move forward bravely and create miracles, inspiring the majority of athletes to continue to embark on new journeys and climb new peaks.

Looking forward to young people: creating a wonderful life in the struggle

  "How old are you in 2022?" "You were not old enough to participate in the Winter Olympics at that time, but you could be volunteers."

  Five years ago, on February 24th, when the General Secretary inspected the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics at the Wukesong Sports Center, he had a cordial exchange with the young athletes present, and held a young athlete's hand, leaning down and touching shoulders. He took a posture of "confrontation" and said with a smile, the young man will grow up a little more, and China's ice and snow sports are counting on you.

  Five years later, on February 24, the general secretary sent an affectionate message to the young people in his reply letter, "I hope you have a heart for the motherland, have lofty aspirations, be down-to-earth, create a wonderful life in the struggle, and contribute youth and strength to the motherland and the people."

  The general secretary once said, "Youth is the most sensitive barometer of the era".

In 1908, the Chinese youth, who were greatly shocked by seeing the Olympic Games held in Europe, issued "Three Questions about the Olympic Games" in the "Tianjin Youth" magazine.

More than 100 years later, the Chinese youth who have lived up to our great era have given wonderful and satisfactory answers with hard work and struggle.

  Award podium, competition hall, training ground, "post-00" players Su Yiming, Gu Ailing, Dinigel Yilamujiang, Zhao Jiawen and other young athletes, with their excellent skills, dare to challenge themselves in the last jump, dare to Catch up when you are behind, not afraid of strong players, keep breaking through, and repeatedly refresh the best results.

Those youthful and energetic smiling faces let the world see the sunny, confident, open and friendly spirit of Chinese youth in the new era.

  The future belongs to the youth, and hope is placed on the youth.

The general secretary clearly pointed out that "the beautiful dreams that our youths have pursued unremittingly have always been closely linked to the historical process of revitalizing China." "This is the historical law of 'the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves', and it is also the youth responsibility of 'one generation is stronger than the next'. "The Chinese youth in the new era will live up to the times, their youth, and the ardent expectations of the party and the people.

Looking forward to all dream chasers: start a new dream journey

  The new era is the era of dream chasers.

General Secretary Xi Jinping once said with emotion: "The dreams of each of us and the dream of a strong country in sports are closely linked to the Chinese dream. Without a strong motherland, how can we talk about our personal dreams?"

  Back in 2014, during the Sochi Winter Olympics, when talking about the historical law of "prosperity of national sports and prosperity of sports", the general secretary found a coincidence of time: the realization of the "two centenary goals" of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, 2022 is just the time to realize the first centenary goal. We look forward to the Winter Olympics being transformed into an infinite force that can boost the national spirit and gather the hearts of hundreds of millions of people, and start a new journey to realize our dreams.

  This time node, the general secretary has repeatedly mentioned and repeatedly emphasized.

When the Beijing Winter Olympics was finally held as scheduled at the doorstep of the home, the expectation of the general secretary became a reality: Chinese ice and snow athletes have created the best results in history since they participated in the Winter Olympics in 1980, showing Chinese speed, Chinese strength, and Chinese ambition; driving three Hundreds of millions of people participate in ice and snow sports, enhance people's physique, protect people's health, and make people feel happy; this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity provides a strong spiritual force for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and inspires and inspires Chinese people to work hard and unremittingly. struggle……

  The Winter Olympics dream meets the Chinese dream, and the strength of sports is the strength of China.

"How many times can you fight back in life", all dream chasers, let's go to the future together!

  Coordination: Zhao Jiaming and Wang Fangjie

  Written by: Zheng Yi Xu Qing

  Planning: Du Shanze Xue Yuan

  Image source: Xinhua News Agency