Great Britain's Olympic team discovered that matching luggage was a bad idea

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:13 p.m. ET

Brett Smiley

Points for solidarity but Team Great Britain's standard-issue bags proved a pretty big, red problem at the baggage carousel when the athletes arrived home from Rio.

Gold medal-winning rower Alex Gregory was among the athletes who joked about the resulting mayhem at Heathrow Airport. Take a look:

It looks like the British contingent eventually figured things out. If not, there might be some gymnasts wearing track spikes, volleyball players in leotards and so on.

Anyone seen my red bag? @TeamGB #Olympics pic.twitter.com/R7NvpH1zrV
— Alex Gregory (@AlexGregoryGB) August 23, 2016

Team Great Britain arriving home from Rio. Good call on the matching luggage. pic.twitter.com/kZfRxIWtpP
— Andy Cole (@AndyCole84) August 24, 2016

Finding my bag could prove more challenging than the racing #greattobeBAck @TeamGB pic.twitter.com/SyzXO153KU
— Matt Langridge (@matt_langridge8) August 23, 2016

Baggage collection could be interesting. #samesame #greattobeBAck pic.twitter.com/2ujPkLxmL1
— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 23, 2016

Earlier today #GreattobeBAck #TeamGB #Heathrow #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/4ie3Fir4sf
— Elena Allen (@ElenaAllenGB) August 23, 2016