SUMMER GAMES SPOTLIGHT : BARCELONA ’92 OLYMPICS / DAY 16 : PLAYING CHICKEN

Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, addressing reporters earlier in the day, said his city faces a tough challenge of living up to the standards set by Barcelona at the 1992 Games.

Especially daunting is the comparison between Atlanta and the attractions of Barcelona, with its centuries-old architecture, its Mediterranean shoreline and its vibrant outdoors life.

“We may not have the Sagrada Familia,” Jackson said, referring to the landmark spires of an unfinished cathedral conceived by modernist Catalan designer Antoni Gaudi. “But we do have the Big Chicken,” a tongue-in-cheek reference to a landmark chicken-shaped billboard in suburban Atlanta.

This a daily roundup of Olympic-related items from reporters in Barcelona from the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and Baltimore Sun, all Times-Mirror newspapers.