Australian Olympic sailing team's sails lost at Heathrow Australian sailing champion Elise Rechichi, who was among those who touched down at Heathrow Airport, reportedly wrote on Twitter that baggage handlers had lost three sets of her team's Olympic sails. The 26-year-old from Perth, who won a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics four years ago, tweeted later: "Just to let everyone know- everything is fine with our sails now. They just got confused with cargo because they were so big! In another posting, she added: "Our sails will be with us shortly! Thanks to the @QantasAirways staff, the ground staff at Heathrow and LOCOG for resolving it so quickly! A spokesman for BAA, which operates Heathrow Airport, said: "Baggage handlers working for Qantas believed the sails were traveling as cargo and moved them to the airport cargo centre. The sails are being reunited with the team today. Olympic athletes began arriving for the Games this morning and were due to start taking up residence in the Athletes" Village in Stratford, east London. Heathrow Airport is expecting a record number of passengers and the first of the Olympics Games Lanes has come into operation on the recently repaired and reopened M4 to help take the strain.