Astle BMW, part of the Crystal Motor Group, has handed the keys to a car to a Lincolnshire athlete who is hoping to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

David Hughes (27), a 400-metre hurdler from Scunthorpe, has been given the 3 Series Coupe to use until December 2012.

BMW is an official partner to Team GB and the Paralympics GB Team for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Astle BMW is sponsoring Hughes in the run up to the games.

The Crystal Motor Group (www.crystalmotorgroup.com) is a privately owned dealer group in Lincolnshire supplying BMW, Mini, Nissan and Renault. The group comprises Crystal Nissan in Lincoln and Grantham, Crystal Nissan and Renault in Boston and Astle BMW and Astle Mini in Grimsby and Scunthorpe.