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.
