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The space is part of the design. The ds cup/bearing doesn't take axial loads, only radial. All the axial stuff goes through the nds bearing which is why GXP bbs don't last as long.
That said, that's a shit lot more than a 2mm gap in the photo. That isn't how its sitting is it?