Phelps Wants toEnjoy Life After Olympic Glory

Phelps now has threeOlympic records一forwinning the most overall medals with 22,________ (46)and for the most goldmedals in a single Olympics with eight,which he

won in Beijing in 2008.

When asked at a newsconference in London which medal meant the mostto him,Phelps said it was the gold medal he won in Athens for the 400 meter individual medley.

"That's sohard.I'll probably say that it's my first Olympic gold in 2004 in the 400I.M,"said Phelps."You know being able to,you know,sort of train yourwhole life to achieve

something andfinally getting the gold medal and standing at the top of the podium listeningto the national anthem

play,________(47)"

Phelps said his goalin London wasto break the all-time record for career Olympic medals but

he was initiallyfrustrated after finishing fourth in the 400 meter individualmedley.________(48)

At27-years-old,Phelps is now retired from competitive swimming. He said heintends to stay involved with his foundation that promotes water safety andencourages young

people toswim.Beyond that,________(49)

"And I don'thave any fears about the sort of next stage of my life.This is something thatis going to be enjoyable,"he said."I've been able to,I've swam for 20years and I've

been able to put mymind to something and achieve everything I ever wanted,and there are a lot ofgoals that I have,and I have the confidence now that I can achieve anything

I put my mindto."

Phelps said rightnow he is a bit overwhelmed and needs time to come to terms with thesignificance of his Olympic achievements________(50)________（49）

A.However heregained his confidence after winning his first individual gold medal in the200 meter medley.

B.because he hasfailed once.

C.for winning themost gold medals with 18.

D.it was one of thecoolest moments of my life.

E.before moving onto the next stage of his life.