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Pure gold doesn't need a medal

It is the biggest moment of any Asian Games. The single moment that millions of people will remember. You may have already seen it.

If you missed that little hint, it's here. Yes, here.

Khalfan Fahad's astonishing open-goal miss for Qatar in the first minute of extra time against Uzbekistan came in a football match that few would otherwise have paid any attention to.

Even those of us at the game here in Guangzhou, who threw our hands to our heads in amazement at Fahad's error, didn't realise just how big it would become.

But once the 18-year-old's blunder went out on Al Jazeera Sport, there was no stopping it.