The Chinese team successfully took the gold medal.
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Beyond literal picking of fruit or flowers, 摘取 is common in journalism for winning prizes — 摘取冠军 (zhāiqǔ guànjūn — 'pluck the championship'), 摘取金牌 (zhāiqǔ jīnpái — 'take the gold'). The image is reaching up and plucking the trophy down.
