Estonia’s Kail Piho and Japan’s Taihei Kato retire
Aug 31, 2018·Nordic Combined
Two more athletes have decided to call it quits after the Olympic season 2017/18.
In Estonia, Kail Piho hung up his skis after 50 World Cup competitions and ten years on the Nordic Combined World Cup. Biggest successes were two 16th places in Chaikovskiy 2014 and Lillehammer 2012. Piho has 18 World Championship starts to his name, spanning from Liberec 2009 to Lahti 2017.
Japanese veteran Taihei Kato also ended his career after the Olympic season. Kato competed in 156 World Cups and stood on the podium twice, in Oslo 2012 and Lahti 2013. He also has one third place with the Japanese team in Ruka in 2013 to his name. Kato represented his country at the Vancouver and Sochi Olympics and started 15 times at the Nordic Ski World Championships. His biggest success was the Japanese team gold medal in Liberec 2009.
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